Cottage Cheese...

If you dont like the texture, you can always whiz it in the blender or food processor and then its a lot like yogurt or sour cream. you can then spice it up or sweeten it up, and use it lots of different ways! You can whiz it with fruit like a smoothie, and adjust the taste with whatever you use as a sweetener.

Cottage cheese is really good with pineapple too.

I like it with pepper and/or green onions.

Chives. Pepper. Nom.
The cucumber is interesting... almost tzaziki like. WILL TRY.

I like the texture. If you don't, then buy a small container and see if you like the texture better after rinsing in the strainer and drying with paper towels. Use it as a protein boost in wraps and salads similar to feta, but at a much lower cost per ounce.

I like plain cottage cheese with fruit. Also a throwback to old Weight Watcher days, adding some sweetener and cinnamon results in a pretty nice spread.

These days I also used fat free ricotta, which is the same caloric outlay as one percent cottage cheese for a half cup, and is a bit richer tasting.

I can't think of any food or dish that doesn't work with cottage cheese. Every pairing I've tried, however odd, has been pretty good. Maybe it wouldn't go well with Lucky Charms or alike, but I haven't tried that and cottage cheese has surprised me many times in the past so who knows...hmm..

I was a lot like you, OP. I could not abide the stuff all my life. When I started my weight loss journey, I decided it would be pretty beneficial if I could grow to like it. I also bought the Breakstone doubles and ended up loving it! Now I buy those regularly for convenience, but also buy Breakstone plain then add fruit and chocolate chips and treat it as dessert. I'm on the cottage cheese/sweet side, have not done it savory.

Plain cottage cheese (with full sodium) makes me gag. Awful. But I do enjoy the plain low or no sodium kinds. Just add a little black pepper and I'm good. I also enjoy it with fruit mixed in, especially pineapple, blueberries or cherries. Not a fan of the texture of the fat free varieties, so I usually get the 2%.

Same here, I eat it every morning for breakfast, mixed with flavoured tuna, but the idea of mixing it with sweet weirds me out. Which is kind of silly, because I love cheesecake...[/quote]

Tried this for brekky this morning - 125g CC mixed with a 95g Tina lemon pepper tuna. Delicious and a whopping 28g protein for only something like 250 cal. This will Definately be part of my eating plan for breakfasts and lunches from now on.

I like the Breakstones with fresh fruit (pineapple, cherries, blueberries, etc).

I've never tied it with meat or anything savory in it, but now I'm thinking about adding cucumber, garlic, & dill to make something like tzatziki. Maybe add some lamb or chicken, because protein is the one macro I'm always struggling to meet my goal on.

I was exactly the same! I thought cottage cheese was so gross, but then I actually tried it when I started dieting and now I eat it about everyday because I love it so much.

Oh my, I never ate cottage cheese either when younger, but learned to eat it over the years because of the high protein. So many good ideas here! Never thought to put in it tuna! I put 1/2 cup in math overnight oats along with some flavored fat free yogurt. It's one of my regulars. Also put 1/4 cup in my smoothies, make them much creamier. I make a cottage cheese ice cream that's we have almost every night! And my list goes on! I just started posting my daily meals on Facebook, if you are interested in pics and healthy alternatives, friend me, Marsha Weaver Boyer. I would love to share! Can't do it here. No pics and no way to follow threads.

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Good for you!

I like to mix in protein powder or cinnamon/splenda/vanilla flavoring or pb2.

OOO... all of those sound yummy!