Cottage cheese??

I loooove cottage cheese. But it is definitely something I had to get used to.

On crackers
With apple sticks
On a jacket potato
I use it as a replacement for natural yoghurt, not in things but with nuts or on fruit etc
As a salad addition on the side (like hummus)
Wraps or sandwiches with chicken/salad etc
In place of sour cream with fajitas

Interested to hear other uses too.

As I understand:

Cottage cheese is made by curdling milk with an acid, like vinegar, then pouring off some of he whey, leaving mostly curds. That's it! Ricotta cheese is very similar, except that "whole" ricotta has both cream and whole milk.

Thus these two products have pretty much the same nutrition as whatever is put into them. Low-fat versions have pretty much the same nutrition as low-fat milk. Still, good stuff to eat!

Yogurt, in comparison, is fermented using bacterial cultures for about a day, which alters the composition substantially. One thing is that the lactose is greatly reduced. Also a great food!

You might try this, from the famous MFP Cheesecake thread.

2 large, Eggs - Whole, raw
0.25 tsp(s), Salt, table
1 tsp(s), Vanilla extract
2 scoops, Protein Powder- Vanilla
250 g, 0% Pineapple-coconut-banana
2 Cup,, Lowfat Cottage Cheese 1%
0.25 cup (125ml), Unsweetened Apple Sauce
30 g, Teddy Grahams Choclatey Chip


Nutrition Facts
Servings 6.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 141
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 4 g 5 %
Saturated Fat 1 g 5 %
Monounsaturated Fat 1 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 79 mg 26 %
Sodium 515 mg 21 %
Potassium 258 mg 7 %
Total Carbohydrate 12 g 4 %
Dietary Fiber 0 g 1 %
Sugars 7 g
Protein 15 g 31 %
Vitamin A 13 %
Vitamin C 9 %
Calcium 14 %
Iron 9 %

Steps.
Throw your crackers into a food processor to make a crumb. Mix in with the apple sauce. Dump into the baking pan lines with parchment and spread. Bake at 350F for 20 minutes as you prep the rest.

Throw in all of you cottage cheese and yogurt into food processor, I used Vitamix, and pure until creamy and smooth. This will also bring the cheese and yogurt into room temp. After that add the rest of the ingredient and blend.

My version has two squares of Lindt 99% dark chocolate grated into the mix.

Pour on top of the now baked crust and bake as per the original (325F for 30min and then 225F for 60min if you are using my 6*3" pan).

I usually eat it plain, as a between meal snack or protein boost after the gym.

It can be used in a lot of ways, including as a replacement for other soft cheeses, sour cream, yogurt. Can be used to make dips and creamy sauces. I happen to like it on potatoes, either in baked or mixed with mashed.

Plain--love it.

I like putting it in smoothies in place of milk or yogurt. Blended up, it's very creamy. I don't like the texture of it and have tried it with foods (like almost all of the suggestions so far), but I don't mind the taste and like the nutrients, so put it in smoothies when I feel like it! My favourite is 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1 banana, and 1 peach. A bit of water or ice helps thin it out. Sometimes I'll add vanilla extract or a vanilla whey powder for more protein.

I like to eat it plain, add a bit of spicy salsa, or add bacon bits! Maybe not the healthiest thing ever, but, mmm.... bacon.

I can eat tub after tub of it. Like @brendanwhite84 I love a grind of fresh black pepper on it

Knudsen's is the best. Doesn't taste diet at all. I love to eat mine with blueberries (fresh or dried) and pumpkin seeds.

I like cottage cheese plain or with fresh fruit (apples, bananas, berries, grapes, etc.) I've noticed different brands have slightly different textures, so you may like the texture of one brand better than another.

I love it topped with some sunflower seeds and a few dried cranberries.

I used to eat it in my lasagna back in the day instead of ricotta cheese. I know most culinary folks would be outraged at cottage cheese instead of ricotta. LoL. I think it's northerner thing though that's how my family made it growing up.
I'm from Oklahoma, that's how we made it, and I still do cause I like it that way.