Let's talk cottage cheese

I love it as is, or with fruit, or pb, or salsa and beans, in or on anything that I used to put cheese in or on, like burritos. And this week at work I stirred it into a tin of soup I had been avoiding, along with some vegetables it made a heavily processed food into a healthier tastier, protein rich dish

I'm loving cottage cheese so much I have it everyday for breakfast. Mine's .9g fat per 100g and I eat the whole 300g tub, so it is definitely a low-fat version! I use branflakes with pomegranate seeds, or raspberries with a bit of stevia powder, as toppings.

Cottage cheese is so versatile, I love it! The trick is to find the best one by trying some different brands, the one Iike is thick (so none of that horrid liquid!) and 4% fat but that is ok, it is still low cal compared to most protein foods. I'm a Brit ands love mine with Marmite - OMG it is heaven on a Ryvita with Marmite, cottage cheese and sliced raw onion! I also love it with grapes. My daughter has it with strawberries and chopped nuts. I buy flavour drops from My Protein and in some of the reviews, people say they mix them with cottage cheese. Have you tried quark? That also has a lot of protein and it is more like a cream cheese crossed with Greek yoghurt in my opinion. I used to mix flavoured protein with it for a dessert.

I grew up eating cottage cheese so it's like second nature to me, but I just have it plain, on toast/crackers maybe with cucumber/tomatoes and black pepper. I've never gotten my head around putting fruit/sweet things into it, but each to their own! I can see some chili sauce working but really I like it plain.

One thing I've found is (in my supermarket at least - Tescos in uk) is that the cheap/'value' one is the nicest! Stronger taste and better texture in my opinion. I've tried the own brand and the fancy one and the less fat one, but the cheap one is still the best - it's traditionally a cheap product so I guess that makes sense.

But if you really don't like it, why eat it? I had the same thing with olives - they seem like a great idea and look sophisticated with wine, but I just can't make myself like them so I've given up the olive dream!

I hated cottage cheese until I tried the full fat variety. YES PLEASE. SO much better. You can make it sweet with fruits, or even chocolate chips (haven't tried that one yet) or go savory with various herbs and spices. I just eat the full fat kind plain.

Ditto - even the full fat (4%) is low in calories, and the fat satisfies so you'll feel fuller. I like to add savory herbs...

I'm new on MFP, but thought I'd chime in.

I like Knudsen Free the best (non-fat). It's in a white container. My trick is to "shake" the containers before purchasing. If it sounds "wet" or watery, I don't buy it. I like it best when the contents sound "firm."

Even though I love fruit and sweets, I prefer vegetables in cottage cheese. Have you tried pico de gallo and pepper? That's my all-time favorite. Or some halved cherry tomatoes, a chopped dill pickle, and black cracked pepper...YUM!

I have made smoothies with cottage cheese, and they were amazing. Use 1/2 CC to 1 part milk, add frozen fruit and honey or maple syrup.

The best one I made was 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 cup CC, frozen mango, 1 tbsp honey and grated ginger... it tasted like a mango lassi.

Make sure you get low or no sodium CC, though.

Add a packet of Dry Ranch Dressing to it (or better yet- all the gresh herbs and garlic that are in ranch) and it makes a really good dip for cucumbers or pita chips

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Also I sometimes mix it in my oatmeal in the morning or throw it on top of my salad, Soo good with balsamic dressing..yum