TRYING to love cottage cheese..

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  • SunLove8
    SunLove8 Posts: 693 Member
    My favorite way is a thick slice of home grown tomato covered in cottage cheese then heavily peppered.
    But of course that's out of season.

    Try adding a lot of good ground pepper, some diced tomato, and maybe diced cucumber or sweet onion.
    Those add near zero calories. If you're adding honey and fruit you may as well eat yogurt.

    I love cottage cheese with tomato and pepper too!! YUM!:happy:
  • JennLifts
    JennLifts Posts: 1,913 Member
    I add a half a packet of truvia and cinnamon! It's like dessert :D
  • jessmomof3
    jessmomof3 Posts: 4,590 Member
    I absolutely love cottage cheese! And I didn't used to like it much either.

    I add cottage cheese to my cooked oatmeal w/ fruit (blueberries, strawberries, etc). It really makes it creamy and you can't taste the cottage cheese. :) You can make protein pancakes this way also.

    Protein pancakes:
    1/2 cup old fashioned oatmeal
    1/2 cup cottage cheese
    1/2 cup egg beaters (or 4 egg whites)
    Dash cinnamon and sweetener if desired (I add chocolate Shakeology or protein powder to mine as well)

    Blend in blender if desired and cook like pancakes.

    Cottage cheese w/ fruit and walnuts or sliced almonds is yummy. Or try mixing in some yogurt.

    I also like to use cottage cheese as a dressing on my salad mixed w/ salsa or as a dip w/ veggies. Or try topping a baked potato or baked sweet potato w/ cottage cheese (and cinnamon for the sweet!).

    If it's the texture that you don't like, try blending it in a blender. Also you can add it to smoothies, I do that for my daughter that doesn't *like* cottage cheese. :wink:
  • FlashBang
    FlashBang Posts: 136
    I just eat it, best protein bang for the bowl. Liking it is beside the point. It is just one little cup.
  • BryanAir
    BryanAir Posts: 434
    I eat 2% cottage cheese with sriracha sauce mixed in. But I love cottage cheese and sriracha, so both together can't help but be great.

    I can't wait for tomato season as the previous posters have made me crave fresh tomatoes with cottage cheese and pepper.
  • eeeekie
    eeeekie Posts: 1,011 Member
    I love, love, love, love cottage cheese! I'm kind of a picky one when it comes to the thickness though. I need it to be firmer chunks and semi thick. I find that Bakers and Chefs (Sam's Club) - Small Curd Cottage Cheese (4%) is the best cottage cheese I've ever had. I don't like fruit in it ...I've never understood that combination. I like it either plain or with salt/pepper. It's AWESOME on toast! I love to make toast and put it on top.
  • BrandNewMia
    BrandNewMia Posts: 461
    I get the 4% kind (large curd, Dean's) and it's lower in sodium and tastes SO much better. Yes, slightly higher fat and calorie content, but I easily work around it when I want it. I like to eat cottage cheese with fresh cucumber slices - SO good!

    I can't stomach the fat-free or even 1%.
  • funkyspunky871
    funkyspunky871 Posts: 1,675 Member
    Try Breakstone's 100 Cal Cottage Cheese Doubles with Blueberry or Strawberry (it also comes in pineapple and peaches, but the blueberry and strawberry ones are my favorite). I've just recently fell in LOVE with them. I tried cottage cheese and fruit for the first time last week (I think before I've only had cottage cheese in lasagna). The initial "testing" was a little shocking to my taste buds, lol. Didn't quite know how to react to the texture and all. But, I bought two cups and figured I might as well give it another try... And I'm hooked now!! :)

    And, btw, the fruit is more like a puree, so it mixes in really well... Omg, I want cottage cheese now!
  • TiredOfBeingRound
    TiredOfBeingRound Posts: 41 Member
    If you like tuna, try mixing it with the cottage cheese (Instead of using mayo). Sounds kinda gross, but itsp a healthy tuna salad and more filling. Eat it alone or with toast. double protein also! Try it...
  • Becca_007
    Becca_007 Posts: 596 Member
    Hi All!

    Well, I recently learned that cottage cheese is a fantastic protein filled calorie bargain, if you get it fat free it's 90 cals (I think.. don't hesistate to correct if i'm wrong) and 18 grams of protein per half cup. I mixed it with some chopped strawberries and a little bit of honey to try for breakfast and .. BLEH! i really do want to love it, because it would be a fantastic source of protein to incorperate into my diet. Does anyone have any suggestions on what i could do with it? The help would be appreciated! Thanks :)

    Happened to be at Trader Joes the other day when they were doing FF Cottage Cheese, Fresh Blueberries, and Pineapple chunks as the samples in the back. They had little cups of the three layered together. WOW, delish I have never been brave enough to try out the Fat Free CC, I can't imagine eating anything else now!!

    I've always loved Cottage Cheese and pineapple together, but had never tossed in any fresh berries along with that. So that will be my next combo with cottage cheese, the added fruit with it!:love:

    It's very good for you, you're right! Sadly it's quite HIGH in sodium so don't learn to love it too often.:wink::laugh:

    Glancing at others ideas for sprucing it up....great ideas folks, looking forward to trying some of them! Oh, also I love it with Saltine crackers! mmm
  • Idahoheartmom
    Idahoheartmom Posts: 53
    1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1/8 cup crushed pineapple- approx 107 calories~ yuuuuum!
  • katschi
    katschi Posts: 689 Member
    Try loving Greek yogurt instead. Less sodium and lots of protein. :happy:
  • arfdemob5
    arfdemob5 Posts: 109 Member
    I don't hate cottage cheese, but it's not one of my favs either. I much prefer greek yogurt. The fat free greek yogurt is lower in calories by a little, lower in carbs, waaaay lower in sodium and has about the same amount of protein. Also, I think that greek yogurt is more versatile. Give that a shot instead and see if you like it.

    My two cents...if you are 'dieting' by eating foods you hate...you'll soon give up! Experiment and find healthy foods you enjoy and eat those instead of forcing vile substances down your throat!
  • suzycreamcheese
    suzycreamcheese Posts: 1,766 Member
    i love it with pineapple. I could eat a whole tub, but the pineapple probably cancels out some of the low cal-ness
  • gregory05us
    gregory05us Posts: 18 Member
    I mix 1/2 cup of cc with 1/4cup of vanilla yogurt, you could use more yogurt if you wanted.
  • swimmermama
    swimmermama Posts: 526 Member
    I have tried to like cottage cheese, too. The last time I tried it, the consistency was so weird that it make me sick to my stomach. There are some great ideas here, though! I will try blending it with fruit or tomatoes for a sauce.

    Thanks!
  • kao708
    kao708 Posts: 813 Member
    I can't handle fat free but the low fat is good plain. Just remember, this is high in sodium so your protein intake will be helped but it might not be a great choice if you are trying to keep your sodium intake down!
  • Becky1971
    Becky1971 Posts: 979 Member
    I like it with Tomatos, but they have to be really good tomatoes, and I absolutely LOVE it with Cantaloupe. I will have to try strawberries and blueberries, and pineapple too. I do like it lots in sugar free Jello. Usually I just eat it plain though, cantaloupes aren't very good right now.
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