cottage cheese suggestions please!!

Peaches!

I like to put it on some cheese flavored rice cakes! Then I usually add some spices as well, maybe some dried basil, garlic powder, paprika, etc. It is delicious!

Ranch Dip!
Everyone’s favorite -- without the guilt!
Ingredients
• 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 2 cups fat free cottage cheese
• 2 Tbsp Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning
In a food processor, blend all ingredients until smooth. Pair with vegetables or thin it out with lemon juice and water for a fat free yummy dressing! Feel free to add your own spices into the mix as well, such as dill, pepper or cayenne if you like the heat!
Cals Carbs Fat Pro Sugar Fiber
Total (3 cups): 445 24 0 78 22 0
Per Serving (1/2 cup): 74 4 0 13 4 0


Cottage Cheese Dip
Ingredients
• 1 tub fat free cottage cheese (or low sodium as well)
• Herbs and spices
• Lemon juice or zest
Add the container of cottage cheese to the food processor. Add your favorite spices and/or lemon juice or zest. Blend in the food processor until smooth. EAT! You can use it as a vegetable or chip dip, as a spread on sandwiches, or as a dip for fruit (use lemon or other citrus flavors to keep it sweet). My favorite spices to add are: dill, garlic or garlic powder, pepper, lemon zest/juice.
Cals Carbs Fat Pro Sugar Fiber
Total (2 cups): 280 20 0 52 16 0
Per Serving (1 cup): 140 10 0 26 8 0

Cheesy Protein Salsa
Ingredients
• 1 tub fat free cottage cheese [or low sodium as well] (2cups)
• 1 container fat-free salsa of your choice (2cups)
If you like chunky salsa you can just mix them in a bowl. If you prefer smooth salsa, blend cottage cheese and salsa in a food processor. Pop into microwave to heat through and melt the cheese. Devour! You could use this as a salad dressing too.
Cals Carbs Fat Pro Sugar Fiber
Total (4 cups): 460 58 0 56 44 14
Per Serving (1 cup): 115 15 0 14 11 4
Compare to Velveta Salsa!!
Total (2 cups): 1360 72 96 80 48 8
Per Serving (1 cup): 680 36 48 40 24 4
Hummus
Ingredients
• 1 can of chickpeas
• 1 tbsp of lemon juice
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 tsp canola oil
• 2 tbsp fat free cottage cheese or plain greek yogurt (if you want a creamy texture without adding more oil)
• 1 tbsp cumin
Directions: In a food processor, blend all ingredients until smooth.
Cals Carbs Fat Pro Sugar Fiber
Total (2cups): 420 71 11 24 1 18
Per Serving (1/4 cup): 105 18 3 6 0 5

Cucumber Dip
Ingredients
• 1.5 cups fat free cottage cheese
• 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 1 cup cucumber- diced (remove seeds)
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp dill (or other spices/herbs)
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 Tbsp Parmesan cheese
Slice the cucumber in half long ways, and spoon out the seeds. Dice the cucumber and garlic. Add ingredients into a food processor and lightly mix until all ingredients are equally blended.
Cals Carbs Fat Pro Sugar Fiber
Total (2½ cups) : 311 17 4 44 14 0
Per Serving (½ cup) : 78 4 1 11 4 0

Steel-Cut Oatmeal
Ingredients
• ¼ cup Steel-cut oatmeal (dry)
• ½ cup skim milk
• 1/8 cup dried fruit mix
• ¼ cup fat free cottage cheese
Mix all ingredients together.
Cals Carbs Fat Pro Sugar Fiber
Total (1 cup): 310 50 4 18 16 6

You can put it on an english muffin & broil it (tomato slice on top too if you like that). My grandma used to add it to macaroni noodles & bake it - cottage cheese DOES melt. I usually just go w/ fruit though.

Protein pancakes!!!!!

1/2 cup oatmeal (not from a packet)
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1 egg (2-3 egg whites can be substituted)
1-2 Tsp stevia/sugar/1 packet sweetener of your choice
Dash of cinnamon

Add oatmeal to a blender, blend into a flour. Add the rest of ingredients, blend, then cook per usual.

Super filliing and delicious, I will make a fruit topping by simmering fruit of choice with some sweetener and a little water.

These are 2 of my faves......

Make a "prawn cocktail" tub of cottage cheese, teaspoon of tomato puree, pinch of cayenne pepper and a handful of prawns.

Coronation chicken - tub of cottage cheese, small steamed chicken breast diced into bite size pieces, spoon of curry powder or paste, tablespoon of sultanas.

If the cottage cheese is on the drier side add some light mayo to get the desired consistency.

Johnny seasoning salt. i know it sounds weird but it is really good. Be conservative with it, it is very strong in the cottage cheese.

Strawberry jam and pineapple as mentioned before are also good.

I am a vegetarian and i make a tofu scramble where I scramble the tofu and add a cup of cottage cheese, as mentioned before it will melt. Then add any other ingredient you would make a scramble with. I like spinach and boca sausage links myself. Add turmeric, cumin and salt for good seasonings.

Cottage cheese is one of my fav ingredients because of the high protein and low fat content. I add it into anything i want to make "creamier". Pasta sauce, homemade chili ect.

I love it because it can be savory or sweet. I like it a few different ways:

Spread over a waffle with pepper/jam

Plain with pepper or other seasoning

Mixed 1:1 with a fruit yogurt like blueberry

Mixed with a spoonful of jam

cinnamon truvia vanilla extract

sugar free preserves

sugar free maple syrup

chocolate whey, peanut butter

i had to start out y putting it in the processor to get rid of the chunks.. try to stick with the fat free/low sodium if you can..