Cottage cheese and Plain Oatmeal.......

missability
missability Posts: 223
in Health and Weight Loss
Ok, so I joined MFP on January 1, I want to start this by prefacing that I have had the flu and bronchitis for the past 9 days, so if you look at my food diary, it ain't great....<Sleeping alot......
Anyway two of the things that I NEVER ate before Jan. 1, was cottage cheese and plain oatmeal....BUT since I TOTALLY changed my eating habits, to only fruits, veggies, beans, fish, poultry, cheese, corn free, gluten free, soy free, etc etc....and only dink water and plain unsweetened green tea....I find myself trying to find ways to get at least a 3/4 cup of cottage cheese, for the protein, and a svg. of oatmeal, for it's many benefits, into my food plan everyday.....problem is, I have only come up with one way to eat the cottage cheese, and that's with fruit....and the oatmeal....with fruit...which sometimes puts me over on my carbs.....Does anyone have any other ways of eating either of these two food items? I would really really appreciate any suggestions:) Thanks<<<Beth Ann

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  • blu_meanie_ca
    blu_meanie_ca Posts: 352 Member
    Ummm.... no. You've elimanted everything else from your diet. There really is no other way to eat those with out adding in endentured food.
  • AnnaMarieDinVa
    AnnaMarieDinVa Posts: 162 Member
    I like to add diced onions and tomatoes to cottage cheese...quite delicious. :)
  • missability
    missability Posts: 223
    ^^^^ Sorry I messed that post up...to tired to type everything I eat lol......I do eat beef occasionally, spelt cereal, spelt or millet bread, etc etc....I guess what I meant is no processed or pre-packaged foods about 90% of the time....
  • missability
    missability Posts: 223
    I like to add diced onions and tomatoes to cottage cheese...quite delicious. :)

    Thanks I would have never thought of that! huh:)
  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    COLD:
    avocado and cottage cheese
    tomato and cottage cheese

    HOT:
    tuna and cottage cheese
    potato and cottage cheese
    chicken and cottage cheese
    ground beef and cottage cheese
    chili and cottage cheese
    lentils and cottage cheese

    ^^add herbs and spices, depending on your preferences. The hot ones, I typically add hot sauce and/or mexican spices to.
  • Cynclancurrie
    Cynclancurrie Posts: 73
    I love Cottage cheese with salsa.

    always eat oatmeal with cinnamon. sometimes with raisins and walnuts, also. I don't need sweetness but you could add a packet of splenda.
  • TiffersStr1
    TiffersStr1 Posts: 67 Member
    Hey girlfriend! I add ground cinnamon (just a tad) and usually unsweetened applesauce..but just cinnamon is good too! :wink:
  • missability
    missability Posts: 223
    I am soooooo glad I did this....keepem coming guys This is great! :) THANKS!
  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    cottage cheese and...
    apple butter
    apple sauce
    pumpkin butter
    sprinkle of any flavor sugar free pudding mix (pistacchio is my current favorite)
    chopped walnuts
    raisins
  • Mock_Turtle
    Mock_Turtle Posts: 354 Member
    cottage cheese:

    cinnamon (the best)
    pumpkin spice
    blueberries
    strawberries
    teaspoon of shredded coconut

    hell, bacon & onion would work. This stuff is so versatile
  • Spamcat
    Spamcat Posts: 45
    Bump I like both!
  • kharmon70
    kharmon70 Posts: 6 Member
    My favorite is cottage cheese and grapefruit. Almost as equally my favorite is cottage cheese and cantaloupe. Cottage cheese with peaches is good too. I don't have a lot of variety on cottage cheese because I love it and really am fine with the few variations. However, I can eat my oatmeal 100 different ways. One thing I do with oatmeal is sweeten it with splenda. I know a lot of people have problems with this type of sweetener, but after weighing 360 lbs and being a severe type II diabetic, I really am not concerned about what everyone says about artificial sweeteners. It's a choice for me. Do I wanna weight 360 lbs and be diabetic or stay at 140 lbs and be diabetic free. Anyway, I also use a variety of sugar free "coffee syrups." I have flavored the oatmeal with hazelnut, brown sugar and cinnamon, salted caramel, etc...Torani has a great selection. I also have added a variety of: nuts, raisins, coconut, apples, bananas, strawberries, the list is endless. I hope this helps a little bit.
  • sheyennelilly
    sheyennelilly Posts: 122 Member
    Every day I eat 1/2 cup cottage cheese with some pepper topped with 2 scrambled egg whites and either tomatoes, jalapeno slices, or artichoke hearts on top. Delicious. Love baked potato topped with cottage cheese as well. You can use cottage cheese in lasagna instead of ricotta.

    Oatmeal- make some granola bars. Here's a recipe that's yummy, and you can use whatever add-ins you want. Change up the nuts, dried fruit, chocolate, whatever- http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/06/low-fat-chewy-granola-bars-with-pecans.html

    These whole-wheat cookies with oatmeal are awesome too - http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2013/01/08/healthy-oatmeal-raisinet-cookies/ . Oh wait- you said you were gluten-free... maybe try them with oat or almond flour.

    Mix a little jam into your oatmeal and flavor it that way. Add apples and cinnamon and some unsweetened vanilla almond milk.

    Make baked oatmeal with berries - http://www.sohowsittaste.com/2012/06/blueberry-raspberry-baked-oatmeal.html . You can make tons of different flavors of this too.
  • mittens6395
    mittens6395 Posts: 53
    This may sound gross to you but I LOVE cold cottage cheese mixed with hot black eyed peas. Its my favorite meal. As for the oatmeal, I just eat it plain or put some crushed hemp seeds, or nuts in it.
  • mohanj
    mohanj Posts: 381 Member
    I add salsa to cottage cheese and eat.
  • lavender22
    lavender22 Posts: 13 Member
    I add cinnamon to my oatmeal and the cottage cheese maybe use like a dip with fresh veggies.

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