Cottage Cheese!! (the food lol)

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  • FITnFIRM4LIFE
    FITnFIRM4LIFE Posts: 818 Member
    Fruit on top-in eggs and pasta for cheesy flavor-in my oatmeal. Also blend it with herbs add a bit plain greek yougurt use for dipping or in place sour cream,mayo etc;-)
  • cbjr1972
    cbjr1972 Posts: 1
    Of course fresh pepper is always a plus as well as most any fruit like strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, peaches, etc... The small curd is better for beginners as the large curd has a totally different texture(larger).
  • stephaniecaine82
    stephaniecaine82 Posts: 117 Member
    I have it in my protein shake every morning. 1 scoop protein powder, 1 cup fruit and 1/2 cup cottage cheese. Blend. Easily transported to work for breakfast or even to drink in the car on the way.
    What protein powder do you use?
  • darkguardian419
    darkguardian419 Posts: 1,302 Member
    my wife puts pineapple in it. I can't stand it myself :(
  • calisunrise
    calisunrise Posts: 307
    honey! it makes cottage cheese taste completely different
  • macknitter
    macknitter Posts: 1
    I have a great recipe for pasta and chicken sausage with a creamy pumpkin sauce that uses cottage cheese as a replacement for cream. It is SO good.

    http://www.throwingspoons.com/2008/10/creamy-pumpkin-goodness.html
  • oohmercyme
    oohmercyme Posts: 279 Member
    I add 1T of chocolate protein power, 1t almonds, and 1t chocolate chips or a crumbled chocolate oat cake. SO YUM!
  • chriscolh
    chriscolh Posts: 127 Member
    My favorite is a "breakfast sundae:"
    dice 1/2 banana
    1 scoop (about half cup) cottage cheese
    2 tsp strawberry jam (I make my own low sugar freezer jam - I love it on cottage cheese!)
    and sprinkle granola on top for some crunch.

    It's my go-to when my boys are having ice cream sundaes, or when I want something sweet for breakfast with some protien.

    I love all these ideas!
  • dexfatpants
    dexfatpants Posts: 55 Member
    I like mine with a sprinkle of cinnamon & dried cranberries , I also use this to top Ezekiel sprouted grain cinnamon raisin bread. Or make french toast with the cinnamon bread using egg whites & top that with it. You can add honey if you want it sweeter.
  • 714rah714
    714rah714 Posts: 759 Member
    Tried it for the first time a couple of weeks back and was surprised that it tasted salty, wasn't expecting that especially since people suggested eating it with fruit.
  • devan44
    devan44 Posts: 130
    I put Franks RedHot Buffalo Wing sauce in mine - but seriously I put that **** on everything!
  • lwanbaugh81
    lwanbaugh81 Posts: 70 Member
    I put a big thing of it in the blender with some ranch dip powder and make alot lower calorie dip for veggies or baked potato chips!!
  • tlkrallman
    tlkrallman Posts: 82
    Bump
  • AbbyCar
    AbbyCar Posts: 198 Member
    Pineapple and chopped nuts.
  • sbbhbm
    sbbhbm Posts: 1,312 Member
    I cut the top off a large tomato, scoop out the seeds, fill it with cottage cheese that has been mixed with some salt, pepper, italian herbs and a dash of parmesan cheese. Mmmmmmm....
  • brits111383
    brits111383 Posts: 55
    I have been eating so much cottage cheese lately because it's so good for BCAA's and strength training recovery!

    I have made a pretty yummy no-guilt broccoli cheese soup with ff cottage cheese and nutritional yeast. The super duper secret is I boil whole carrots and the icky part of the broccoli without the florets, then puree the veggies and the water from the boiling (so that any "lost nutrients" from boiling still end up in the soup) to make a nice thick base, then I add ff cottage cheese, vegetable base, nutritional yeast, seasonings, etc. -- no cream or bad stuff needed! You really have no idea there are carrots in the soup base -- promise!

    I also second the ice cream working well -- my current favorite is an Orange Julius sort of flavor made by blending a bag of clementines I wasn't very impressed with (so sad! dry/weird consistency), stevia, ff cottage cheese, half of a clementine peel, vanilla extract, and a few packets of orange Emergen-C, then throwing the blend in the ice cream maker. The clementines definitely found a good use instead of ending up in the trash!
  • Leslietheriot
    Leslietheriot Posts: 303 Member
    I like cottage cheese with cucumbers and I have started using it as a replacement for salad dressing on salads.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Tried it for the first time a couple of weeks back and was surprised that it tasted salty, wasn't expecting that especially since people suggested eating it with fruit.

    Cottage cheese has lots of added sodium ..... you can find low sodium (no salt added) varieties too.
  • krokador
    krokador Posts: 1,794 Member
    Any type of fruit is pretty good with it. Some granola on top and a smidge of maple syrup makes it dreamy.

    I also found this protein eggnog recipe around xmas: On this youtube channel which makes good use of it. My blender doesn't really blend the curds very well, sadly.

    I'll have to try the cheese pasta recipe, it sounds yummy. I haven't had mac n' cheese in sooo long!
  • caffeinel
    caffeinel Posts: 16
    Bump! Awesome thread, I'm a newcomer to cottage cheese and I love it ! :)

    Enjoying all the new ways to prepare it :DD
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    I love it and eat it plain, but for a little kick, I'll add a flavor enhancer, some sweetener (if I want sweet) or sriracha, if I want a bite.
  • hamonk
    hamonk Posts: 42 Member
    bump to read later
  • MyM0wM0w
    MyM0wM0w Posts: 2,008 Member
    For a meal I like it on whole great wide noodles with lots of pepper and some salt. The cottage cheese gets gooey with the hot noodles and turns into yummy goodness. I'm Hungarian so my mom used to make that for us a LOT when we were kids. Our version of Mac N Cheese.
  • jivitasa
    jivitasa Posts: 150 Member
    I hated cottage cheese (except for in a shake) until I tried it with diced grilled chicken, franks hot sauce and celery and carrots on the side. Talk about amazing, it's like a chicken wing party without the guilt!
  • Amitysk
    Amitysk Posts: 705 Member
    Love, love cottage cheese!

    Plain on top of tomato slices
    Scooped with RF Wheat Thins
    In a bowl with tomato sauce on top (or on top of sourdough bread)

    I seriously have a craving now! Grocery store, here I come! Favorite Brand is Knutsen Low Fat (in the pink tub). Every other brand or fat version just doesn't taste the same.
  • nadz6012
    nadz6012 Posts: 126 Member
    I like adding sugar free jelly in mine. Kind of mimics these:

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  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    I use mine with pita chips.
  • Scarlett_S
    Scarlett_S Posts: 467 Member
    When I want salty I add sea salt, black pepper, and chopped tomato and scallions.

    When I want sweet I add either fresh pineapple, strawberries, or blueberries. Or all three.
  • johnnyhuff790
    johnnyhuff790 Posts: 16
    I hated cottage cheese (except for in a shake) until I tried it with diced grilled chicken, franks hot sauce and celery and carrots on the side. Talk about amazing, it's like a chicken wing party without the guilt!

    Nothing new from what has already been mentioned...I am so going to try this though ...sounds really good...
  • pamcuster
    pamcuster Posts: 770 Member
    My favorite is a "breakfast sundae:"
    dice 1/2 banana
    1 scoop (about half cup) cottage cheese
    2 tsp strawberry jam (I make my own low sugar freezer jam - I love it on cottage cheese!)
    and sprinkle granola on top for some crunch.

    It's my go-to when my boys are having ice cream sundaes, or when I want something sweet for breakfast with some protien.

    I love all these ideas!

    YES!!!
    I just had a bowl with:
    1/3 of a banana, mashed
    1/4 cup of cottage cheese (made it myself for the first time a couple of days ago!)
    1/4 cup of greek yogurt
    1/2 tablespoon of Smucker's Simply Fruit Blueberry
    2 tablespoons of my Maple Cashew Granola

    I *LOVE* this combo! And thanks for all these other great ideas!

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