Cottage cheese suggestions

karoline8
karoline8 Posts: 14
edited October 4 in Food and Nutrition
I recently discovered cottage cheese as a good high protein snack to replace my usual Greek yogurt. I didn't like it as a kid, but I tried it again a few weeks ago and found out that I love it. I've tried mixing it with some canned no-sugar-added fruit, but I'm looking for some variety. Any ideas from other cottage cheese lovers?

Thanks!
Karoline
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  • CallieDerenthal
    CallieDerenthal Posts: 170 Member
    chopped green onions and garlic powder... yum!
  • Iwillbemeagain
    Iwillbemeagain Posts: 163
    I like it with Salsa and tuna!
  • sarah_ep
    sarah_ep Posts: 580 Member
    I eat it by itself more often. Sometimes I add fruit.
  • nrvo
    nrvo Posts: 473 Member
    I like mine with either canteloupe or strawberries!
  • nukebhs83
    nukebhs83 Posts: 158
    i am no help---i use it in my homemade lasagna. :) sorry
  • kandy221
    kandy221 Posts: 79
    I eat lots of tossed salads with chicken and I put it on the side of those, sometimes not even using salad dressing, as the cottage cheese(I use the fat free) acts like a dressing.
  • shybelle
    shybelle Posts: 254 Member
    I really like the 100 calorie cottage cheese containers. They come with fruit like pinaepple, peaches, and blueberries! Yum!
  • supermom5366
    supermom5366 Posts: 14 Member
    I've used it in peach jello. Maybe find some sugar free peach jello?
  • jhaynie722
    jhaynie722 Posts: 7
    I like mine with bread and butter pickles, pickled jalepenos or just by itself
  • prunella1066
    prunella1066 Posts: 89 Member
    My favorite brand is actually the Great Value Brand from Walmart it is not sour tasting to me and I love the 0% milkfat the best!! My favorite way to eat it is with a couple of spoonfuls of crushed pineapple. So yummy!! :)
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    I love mine iwth tomatoes and pepper but.....

    Has anyone realized how high in sodium cottage cheese is???
  • hazelmae123
    hazelmae123 Posts: 109 Member
    I love cottage cheese! My favorite way is with apple sauce and a little sliced almonds on top.

    Also, with any salad! Top a salad with a vinaigrette and stir in cottage cheese.

    Top the cottage cheese with salsa and serve on crackers. ...

    Cottage cheese with the standard pineapple.
    Cottage cheese with salt and pepper and nothing else...yum.
    Cottage cheese on a baked potato.
    In a wrap with lettuce and avocado
    Mixed with tuna or chicken and spices as a filling for a wrap
    Apple sauce with cinnamon, dip with celery
    Chopped apple, raisins and curry powder
    Top shredded lettuce and sprinkle with rice vinegar
  • dirtbikegirl5
    dirtbikegirl5 Posts: 391 Member
    I like it plain or sometimes I add it to my salad. One of my daughters likes it mixed with pineapple (cut in really small pieces and mixed in) in it and my other daughter likes to put it on reduced fat crackers. I have tried it both ways and I think they are both very good.
    I have heard mixing jello or applesauce with it. I don't like it that way, but that is another suggestion.
  • RAFValentina
    RAFValentina Posts: 1,231 Member
    a teaspoon...on a ricecracker, with a small amount of smoked salmon, cracked black pepper and dill...
  • mawhite717
    mawhite717 Posts: 202 Member
    sounds weird, but bacon bits and a little bit of black pepper is awesome with cottage cheese!!!
  • LexieSweetheart
    LexieSweetheart Posts: 793 Member
    I eat it with strawberries
  • LUCYRENEE
    LUCYRENEE Posts: 23 Member
    fresh pineapple is the best.
  • RAFValentina
    RAFValentina Posts: 1,231 Member
    or with salad, r with cous cous, or in a baked potato, with pitta bread...
  • runnermel
    runnermel Posts: 278
    i love to stir in different flavors of sugar free jello mix. just a little bit of it makes it really good!
  • karoline8
    karoline8 Posts: 14
    These are a lot of great ideas!

    And yeah, I have noticed the sodium content. I've adjusted by cutting out the hot sauce on my eggs on some mornings. It's worth it to get a little variety!
  • shesblossoming
    shesblossoming Posts: 426
    I simple add it to some romaine lettuce to make wraps.
    When I make breafkast, I sautee sweet potatoes, red onions, bell peppers, spinach, and tomato. As a topping, I add cottage cheese.
    On a bagel as a replacement of cream cheese.
  • inotnew
    inotnew Posts: 218 Member
    chopped onion, chopped dill pickels, for some reason I really like crushed pepper on it.
  • russellma
    russellma Posts: 284 Member
    I like to chop up an apple and sprinkle it with cinnamon and then microwave it for a minute or so until it's tender. Then I put a spoonful of cottage cheese on top and Mmmmm!
  • thetorontokid2
    thetorontokid2 Posts: 231 Member
    i LOVE mine with fruit! i know, not very original, but vury DELICIOUS (blueberries, pineapple, peaches, etc.)
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    my favorite brand is Kalona Supernatural. That stuff is the shiz!
    Yesterday I mixed some with vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice. So good!
  • Helenatrandom
    Helenatrandom Posts: 1,166 Member
    i am no help---i use it in my homemade lasagna. :) sorry

    I was thinking of how my mom used it over egg noodles smothered in butter. She called it "Macaroni and Cheese". :laugh: I had the mac and cheese most people are used to for the first time in my High School cafeteria. That poor cafeteria lady! I stared at it as if she put slimy worms on my plate. (No, I didn't have the sense to realize it was right in front of me behind the glass, and not hidden away somewhere in back. It was my first ordering from a cafeteria experience...).

    Anyhow, I now use a third of the butter she did, and fat free cottage cheese to make the same recipe.

    Prepare noodles according to the package directions. Drain. (7.5 cups)
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    Melt the butter in the baking pan. (1/3 of a stick)
    Mix the noodles into the butter.
    Layer the cottage cheese (3 cups) on top of the noodles
    Bake for 30 minutes.

    515 calories, 32 protein. I rigged it for 4 servings, but I suppose you can divy it up into smaller portions for less calories.
  • SRH7
    SRH7 Posts: 2,037 Member
    I use it to make a fake Greek salad (fewer calories than using feta)...

    * Chopped whole cucumber (feel like you're eating loads even though it is incredibly low in calories)
    * Chopped tomato
    * Chopped raw onion
    * Cottage cheese
    * Splash of olive oil and red wine vinegar
    * Couple of olives chopped finely
    * Loads and loads of dried oregano (gives it that lovely Greek taste)

    Yum! Really quick to do before going to work - I take it in a Tupperware box for lunch.
  • Silverkittycat
    Silverkittycat Posts: 1,997 Member
    Fresh chives on top of this one. :love:

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  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    with fruit on the side, any really, lately I've been eating it with apples
    mixed with bagged broccoli slaw
    as part of a sandwich with ham or turkey on a bagel thin
    sometimes I just add some sugar or sweetener and powdered ginger
  • otr12
    otr12 Posts: 632 Member
    i am no help---i use it in my homemade lasagna. :) sorry

    Me too. I like it better than ricotta.
    I also put it in an egg white omelet with jar spaghetti sauce with whatever else is in the fridge,..... lasagna omelet!
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