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just bought some cottage cheese... now what do i do with it?

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  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    It holds up wallpaper pretty well.
  • codexica
    codexica Posts: 25 Member
    I like it with steel-cut oats and fruit (especially strawberries!).

    I also really like mixing it with mustard and random spices (whatever looks good to me at the moment I open my spice cupboard, lol), and using it as a veggie dip. Yummy!
  • Picola1984
    Picola1984 Posts: 1,133
    Eat it, just eat it.

    GET YOUR EGG AND BEAT IT BEAT IT
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    I like to put a packet of splenda in and cinnamon/nutmeg and or vanilla...tastes like dessert!
  • kennethmgreen
    kennethmgreen Posts: 1,759 Member
    Oh hey there fellow Texan! I got the HEB brand (not sure if you have an heb where you live but its a Texas thing so maybe)

    And I got the fat free... Bad idea? :-/
    If you aren't a fan of cottage cheese already, fat free might not be the best introduction. Try it. If you like, great. But don't dismiss cottage cheese based on a fat free variety. I have gone as low as 1% cottage cheese, but haven't tried fat free. I like the creamy taste, so usually have 2% or full fat (4%). It's not a big calorie increase.
  • frogmama
    frogmama Posts: 404 Member
    I mix mine with strawberries and blueberries or mix it with sweetner and cinnamon. Tastes kind of like cheesecake!:bigsmile:
  • ayamagali
    ayamagali Posts: 167 Member
    I love the stuff and will eat it plain, but my face is with tomatoes (either sliced or bite-sized grape tomatoes). Also, if I'm craving sweets I will mix in cocoa powder and stevia, or sometimes sugar-free jam. Also good is using it instead of salad dressing, or mixing garbanzo beans in it, or scooping it up with celery, or any combination of those!
  • melapry74
    melapry74 Posts: 5
    OMG! YES! YES! YES! ON TOP OF A BAKED POTATO! How did I forget that?! Delish!!
  • LifeLongJourney
    LifeLongJourney Posts: 32
    I like the fat free kind on plain wholewheat toast, haha. It's my favorite breakfast meal.
  • LifeLongJourney
    LifeLongJourney Posts: 32
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    Sorry...couldn't resist.

    Haha, that's awesomesauce.
  • barbmorehead
    barbmorehead Posts: 2
    An old weight watchers trick was to mix it with sugar free jam, put on top of an english muffin half, broil until bubbly and call it a danish. Was pretty good sweet and gooey. I think it was about 1/4 cup of cottage cheese and 1 tablespoon of jam.
  • femmi1120
    femmi1120 Posts: 473 Member
    tried it in my pasta :) didn't do anything for the flavor but it made it creamy :)
  • sillylily1960
    sillylily1960 Posts: 19 Member
    cut the top off a tomato and stuff the cottage cheese inside, add some carrots / celery sticks.
  • angelashay42
    angelashay42 Posts: 286
    I like it plain with black pepper. It's great on Triscuits too!
  • rlodin
    rlodin Posts: 19 Member
    mix with some tuna and chopped up chives! great lunchtime meal :D
  • shellsie_j
    shellsie_j Posts: 132 Member
    Bump
  • lewandt
    lewandt Posts: 566 Member
    I Love it on Wheat Thins Fiber Select crackers! My favorite. But i love cottage cheese and can eat it plain too.
  • 4gr8kids
    4gr8kids Posts: 20
    4% fat cottage cheese with a little honey and cinnamon. Lots of cinnamon!! (1/2 c cottage cheese, 1 tsp honey, 1 T cinnamon) Tastes like dessert :)
  • Red_Becca
    Red_Becca Posts: 19 Member
    Lots of great recipes on here. Can't wait to give them all a try.

    Here's how I eat mine:

    1. Chive cottage cheese with a dollop of horseradish. Serve with low-fat Triscuits (just ate this for lunch today)
    2. Plain cottage cheese, packet of Splenda/sugar substitute, cinnamon, grapes and crushed walnuts. Sweet, yummy and if you enjoy different textures in your food, you'll probably like this...
    3. Add it to oatmeal with a mashed banana (I don't do this but a friend of mine does)
  • EBFNP
    EBFNP Posts: 529 Member
    Ate some tonight with a scoop of peanut butter.
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    My guess would to be eat it. But I'm not sure. You know, there are all kinds of fad diets out there, you may find some other uses for it.
  • christy_frank
    christy_frank Posts: 680 Member
    Just eat it plain.
  • juliesummers
    juliesummers Posts: 738 Member
    Protein powder, stevia, blueberries, raw almonds and lots of whole flaxseed.
  • addict3
    addict3 Posts: 48 Member
    Only way I can eat it - 2% small curd with a diced peaches fruit cup (no sugar added) and Torani sugar free vanilla flavored syrup (to taste) Takes the cottage cheese taste out of it and tastes more like peach cobbler.
  • ChaosMoosie
    ChaosMoosie Posts: 77 Member
    Watch the salt in it - lots (LOTS) of salt....

    That said, add any fruit with natural juice (pineapple, peaches, pears, etc.) and mix it well. Chop the fruit well, mix in a generous bit of juice, and add a tad bit of cinnamon.

    Enjoy - lowcal - delightful - just watch the salt.
  • Chloe_Chaos_
    Chloe_Chaos_ Posts: 150 Member
    1/2cup for low fat cottage cheese + an orange = mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
  • nillapup
    nillapup Posts: 204 Member
    so many good ideas ya
  • foster59803
    foster59803 Posts: 439 Member
    When I don't want to cook dinner... I take cottage cheese, mix with fresh fruit, (strawberries, blueberries, maybe a little banana or fresh orange) drizzle with a little honey and top with salted shelled sunflower seeds. Sounds a little odd... but so delish. I grew up eating this... dad was a hippy vegetarian for a while! ;) Or just eat it straight out of the container... or use rice crackers as a scoop... for some reason a salty cracker taste good with cottage cheese.
  • Ady0092
    Ady0092 Posts: 86
    pineapple
  • cindy4mica
    cindy4mica Posts: 777 Member
    If you want "savory", add a little pepper (if you want more salt, add salt substitute. It's already *loaded* with sodium - you don't want to add any more). If you're going for sweet, I add slivered almonds & either strawberries or blueberries.
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