What can you add to cottage cheese to make it a more rounded meal?

diane9591
diane9591 Posts: 3 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I enjoy cottage cheese, but I don't know what to add to it to make it a more rounded meal. I enjoy it by itself, but there must be something I can add to it. Help!

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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,717 Member
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    I use it as a dressing/topping for any kind of salad - fruit or veggie, including cold roasted veggies. It can be pureed and used in ways that sour cream would be used, or ricotta. Sometimes I mix it with hot cooked veggies. (I like it warm fine, but don't usually like it if it has actually been heated in something, unless it's a baked thing like lasagna. Baked in layers with veggies instead of lasagna noodles is OK, especially if some eggs are mixed in with the cottage cheese so it sets up a bit rather than maybe getting runny.) I mostly eat it plain with maybe cherry tomatoes or something, alongside other side dishes, though.

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  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,995 Member
    Good quality bread, cottage cheese and smoked salmon or good cured ham? good cherry tomatoes and cucumber pieces?
  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,802 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    Good quality bread, cottage cheese and smoked salmon or good cured ham? good cherry tomatoes and cucumber pieces?

    They once tried to give the kids at the headstart I work at cucumber and tomato's with cottage cheese. The kids revolted. There was no more cottage cheese with cucumbers and tomatos.
  • diane9591
    diane9591 Posts: 3 Member
    Thank you!
  • candiceajay
    candiceajay Posts: 6 Member
    I'm vegetarian but not vegan, so I use it as a salad topping mixed with a couple tablespoons of dressing. Same concept but I use it as a dip for a veggie tray mixed with some ranch dip. Sometimes I also add it to scrambled eggs before cooking.
  • pusanisa03pt
    pusanisa03pt Posts: 8 Member
    I make tortilla wrap with eggs and top with lots of cottage cheese. So good and high protein!
  • HorsesHorses1966
    HorsesHorses1966 Posts: 1 Member
    Mix 1/4 c cottage cheese with one egg, 1tsp baking powder and 1/2 cup oatmeal in blender. Makes a great pancake top with plain Greek yogurt and some berries
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,905 Member
    I love it with cucumbers, onion, tomato and red wine vinegar, with chunky salt/pepper/garlic seasoning sprinkled on top. Like cucumber salad and cottage cheese hooked up. It's delicious.

    Also, I blend it (or not) with dry ranch seasoning and eat it with veggies like cucumber, celery, cauliflower, peppers, etc

    Made a killer lasagna (thin zucchini slices instead of pasta) with it recently, helps that my family has always made lasagna with cottage cheese.

    I'll blend it with a good tomato sauce and eat it with warmed with egg white noodles and chicken and veggies.

    I like it just by itself with various seasoning blends atop it/mixed it. Chili garlic, mesquite, etc
  • BCLadybug888
    BCLadybug888 Posts: 1,788 Member
    I regularly have cottage cheese with bacon bits (homemade, chunky not crumbs) and grape tomatoes halved, sprinkle with salt & pepper. Yum, low cal, high protein and filling! If I have cucumber in, will add some of that too.

    I will also mix some into scrambled eggs/omelettes while cooking.
    I've added it to wraps but my wraps are usually too full!

    Back in the day, I remember it was often topped with fruit, like pineapple or fruit cocktail, but I prefer savoury to sweet.
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,014 Member
    Cereal and or fruit...
  • mckittycat9652
    mckittycat9652 Posts: 1 Member
    Try https://youtu.be/IttE15cD4xM?si=nhx4yEPaoLUCep_R on YouTube - cottage cheese scrambled eggs for breakfast. She also have a video for cottage cheese chicken salad. I haven’t tried but plan too.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,887 Member
    It's really good with avocado. I like eggs, avocado, and cottage cheese for breakfast, maybe with some sauteed zucchini or other veg. I also sometimes have it on the side with an omelet -- this morning my brunch was a spinach, mushroom, and broccoli omelet with cottage cheese on the side.
  • ehju0901
    ehju0901 Posts: 396 Member
    I love Daisy brand cottage cheese, with pepitas and dill weed. Very savory and filling!
  • chicbuc
    chicbuc Posts: 653 Member
    Cantaloupe and pepitas!
  • medrewiske
    medrewiske Posts: 59 Member
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    Egg whites and cottage cheese with spinach and cherry tomatoes. It was pretty tasty.
  • medrewiske
    medrewiske Posts: 59 Member
    Taco salad. I mixed salsa with cottage cheese for the dressing. Other components were spinach, leftover beef taco meat with black beans, avocado, sweet onion, cherry tomatoes and black pepper.
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  • medrewiske
    medrewiske Posts: 59 Member
    I also like it with red grapes or pistachios. Sometimes I use the flavored pistachios and high is very good, or the lain pistachios and sprinkle a little everything bagel seasoning on the cottage cheese with pistachios.

    I also like topping it with diced apple and a drizzle of honey for a treat.
  • Womona
    Womona Posts: 1,838 Member
    I’m boring compared to all of you! I only eat a serving for breakfast with half a serving of peach slices.
  • danrdavidson
    danrdavidson Posts: 4 Member
    Cottage cheese is usually my go-to snack for a quick protein boost. I like to add grapes or blueberries to it. Sometimes, I’ll have a small bowl as a side with lunch or dinner, especially if the main dish, like pasta, is low in protein. I also enjoy cottage cheese paired with corn and slow-cooked beans on the same plate—it’s a simple but satisfying combination.

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