Cooking with cottage cheese

Cottage cheese usually melts and blends well when I cook with it! I have used it as a substitute for eggs in dough-based dishes like pancakes and it tastes good.
I also saw a website last week with recipes for protein shakes that use cottage cheese as the thickening agent and creamy texture. AMAZING.
The only thing is that sometimes when cooking with it, rather than melting, it will separate into curds and liquid . This hasn't happened to me a lot and I still don't know why. But if it happens to you, now you're prepared!

I've used it in place of ricotta for baked pasta... It was a delicious experiment that turned out well!
Here's a brunch-type recipe that I adore! If I had cottage cheese, I'd make it right now.

Spinach Pie
1 10 oz pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
1/2 c. ff cheddar cheese, shredded
1 c ff cottage chesse
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 eggs (or use egg substitute)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
Optional:
Add sundried tomatoes and black olives for pizza style, or add turkey bacon and green onions. Or whatever veggies are left in the fridge!

Preheat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients. Pour into a sprayed pie dish and bake for 45 minutes.

Mmm I want to remember that recipe above!

I love cottage cheese and my usual way of eating it is with salsa mixed in.

I just made this yesterday! You can make it smaller if you like, this was for a work party ")

2 containers light cottage cheese

1/4 cup chopped red pepper

1/4 cup chopped green pepper

1/4 cup chopped green onion

1/4 cup chopped roma tomato (seeded)

pinch of the following:

celery salt - salt - pepper- mustard seeds- garlic or onion power

Refrigerate for an hour ( add tomatoes right before serving)

I don't really have any recipes but I had a friend in school whose family had a housekeeper/cook who was Italian. She used cottage cheese in lasagna instead of ricotta. I don't think she did it for weight loss though, that's just how she made it. It was awesome!

I don't really have any recipes but I had a friend in school whose family had a housekeeper/cook who was Italian. She used cottage cheese in lasagna instead of ricotta. I don't think she did it for weight loss though, that's just how she made it. It was awesome!

That's how my mom always made her lasagna....I never knew most people use ricota until I started learning to cook. I gotta say that I actually prefer the cottage cheese in the lasagna to this day....

I know you prefer savory but I made these and my family liked them.

Blueberry Oat Pancakes with Maple Yogurt
Yield: 2 servings of 3 (3-inch) pancakes and about 1/2 cup yogurt mixture
Ingredients
1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup blueberries
Cooking spray
3/4 cup plain Greek-style low-fat yogurt
1 tablespoon maple syrup
Preparation
1. Combine oats, cottage cheese, eggs, and vanilla in a blender or food processor. Process until smooth. Gently stir in blueberries.

2. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Spoon about 2 tablespoons batter per pancake into pan. Cook 3 minutes or until tops are covered with bubbles and edges look cooked. Carefully turn pancakes over, and cook 3 minutes until golden.

3. Combine yogurt and maple syrup; serve over pancakes.

This recipe is from Health's The CarbLovers Diet
Calories: 410
Fat: 12g
( Sat. 3.5g, Mono 3g, Poly 2g)
Protein: 26g
Carbohydrates: 50g
Fiber: 6g
Cholesterol: 220mg
Sodium: 330mg
Rs: 4.6g

Wow! I need to copy all these recipes down!

There's one I used to use a long time ago... but can't find the specifics. It's pretty easy.

Cottage cheese + your favorite fruit or combination of fruits + a blender

blend until smooth (I used to add just a little sugar, now I might add some honey, or nothing at all)

Pour into portion sized cups, and freeze!

It's like frozen yogurt. And super yum!

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I know the simply kraft 2% tastes creamier then most other brands... VERY much like ricotta... I will sometimes cook half of a serving of wild rice and orzo, veggies and cooked chicken... dried basil and a lil' spinach in the microwave... add a touch of olive oil, and then after it is cooked add some cottage cheese and mix it up.... i know it sounds really odd...but with that little bit of spinach and olive oil and basil... it is super tasty!!!! the cottage cheese because of the curds seems to make it seem like there is more rice then there actually is...

a similar thing with some cut up ham is also REALLY good!

What are your favourite recipes which use cottage cheese in place of normal cheese or cream?

Does cottage cheese melt well? Strangely, I have never really attemtped using it since I started my new healthier lifestyle.

I'm quite a snacker, so both snacks and main meal ideas would be most welcome.

I've found a few nice recipes on google but I'd like your ideas too.

PS. Savoury is my thing, sweet not so much.

Thanks!

Do you like yogurt, such as plain fat free Greek yogurt? Cottage cheese is high in sodium so I use half and half (half yogurt and half cottage cheese), and I add a tablespoon of sugar free Smuckers preserve. I prefer boysenberry for this mix but you can use peach or apricot too. It is a very good protein snack, and you can also add nuts or some kind of cereal for crunchiness

I have used both ricotta and cottage cheese in lasagne, but I don't see the point substituting cottage cheese for ricotta unless you like the taste of cottage cheese better. Low fat ricotta is also an awesome source of protein that is low in calories, fat and moderate in sugar. I am surprised ricotta cheese doesn't get more MFP love. I eat lots of cottage and ricotta cheeses.