How the heck do you eat COTTAGE CHEESE?!

I used to eat cottage cheese ALL THE TIME when I was younger & then I grew not to like it. I decided to try it again about 1 month ago and now I have it at least once a day, I do think it is a taste & texture that people either like or hate. Actually, I had a dream that I was eating it & liked it, thats what sparked my curiousity to give it another shot, some 15 years later or so lol.

I have found that small curd is much easier to eat. I haven't tried fruit in it, but I have put crushed up saltines in there to help with the texture of the curds (plus it helps me get my carbs since I am ALWAYS short on those).

Okay, most people think this is gross, but I eat it with pork & beans, mixing the 2 together.
Here lately, I've been using it in tuna salad, basically replacing mayo with a 1/2 cup of cottage cheese instead. It's really yummy!

There are huge differences in the taste of various kinds of cottage cheese. A lot of it will be your personal preference.

I don't particularly like the taste of milkfat, so I like nonfat cottage cheese. Other people will like creamed cottage cheese. Large curd or small curd will affect the curd-to-cream ratio, so it will change your perception of the taste.

Since I'm not trying to reproduce the full-fat experience, I stay away from products light Light and Lively that try to substitute with chemical thickeners. Plain old curds is fine with me, and it's solid protein. I prefer Breakstone's, that is pretty much just cottage cheese.

Freshness is very important. If all you've had of cottage cheese was a litttle round scoop in a cafeteria, you've tasted the worst of it.

You can cook with nonfat cottage cheese like other cheeses, such as in lasagne, or in crepes or enchiladas.

I can honestly say I have never tried cottage cheese... it just looks weird. But I do love Greek yogurt. Maybe I should try it.

I say it belongs in the trash!! :sick: I knew a person with a vaginal infection that described her secretions as Cottage Cheese....sooooo no thanks!! Barf o Rama!!

Also this: 265-calorie PB Banana Ice Cream (Made w/Cottage Chz!)

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/McKayMachina/view/265-calorie-pb-banana-ice-cream-made-w-cottage-chz-95127

mmm, cottage cheese with pepper on top of crackers! Yummm! I also love it with mashed potatos! Or just plain

On a slice of bread, or crackers like Ryvita - with slices of tomato - and lots of pepper - yum!!

I'm not that fond of eating it with a spoon, but it works well as a spread - like you would use cream cheese. Look for "smooth" cottage cheese, it's less confronting to start with.
I like it on whole grain crackers (like Ryvita) topped with tomato and black pepper.

Snap - did not see your answer until I had posted :-)

I love fat free small curd with some smuckers simply fruit strawberry jelly mixed in. It also really good mixed with strawberry yogurt and fresh berries and some graham crackers crumbles...

I love cottage cheese, I eat it with a spoon and a few cracks of pepper on it.

Maybe its just a consistency thing with me, but I just cant eat that stuff...but I am not a yogurt fan either.

I love it with pineapple rather than by itself. It's so good! They have 100 calorie packs with cottage cheese and pineapple, too.

I love it, but I find the low fat kind to be a little thin, so I add a tiny bit of low fat greek yogurt and it makes it taste just like the full fat kind! I like mine on the side of a salad, or sometimes I'll put it in a bowl with salsa and I will dip celery sticks or red pepper strips in it. Sounds weird but it's delish!

I eat the small curd with pineapples or pears mostly. Occasionally I will get it with pepper. I have a friend that eats it with pepper and ketchup, but I am not bold enough to try that yet.