Cottage cheese=Yum

[LisaSkinnoble]

Many people do not like the texture of cottage cheese. The French have a wonderful way of serving it that helps with this. They puree it in a food processor with herbes de provence. It is served between courses, simply eaten with a spoon or with little toasts or crackers like a dip.

[VanHermanator]

The debate of what food is greater than another is idiotic.

Cottage cheese is great, but it would be even greater if large-curd whole milk cottage cheese didn't take an expedition to find. I love it with tomatoes and a little French dressing. I love it with chopped fruit. I love it by itself. I love it with a light sprinkling of sea salt and slices of avocado.

I love it with bacon.

I love it with maple syrup.

I love it with bacon AND maple syrup.

Love.

EVERYTHING is better with bacon.

Why can't they come up with a bacon/protein bar - even better if it was crispy...

[Meatpants]

EVERYTHING is better with bacon.

Why can't they come up with a bacon/protein bar - even better if it was crispy...

[Corbi]

Cottage cheese is great,

I love it with bacon.

I love it with maple syrup.

I love it with bacon AND maple syrup.

Love.

Must supress gag reflex, the thought of maple syrup and cottage cheese is repulsive to me. You are definitely more hard core than just about anyone here.


I love cottage cheese, by itself.

[G500]

Hated it a few years ago. Love it now

[KeithTheSnake]

Since reading this thread again, and having made my lousy remark about a girl with cottage cheese thighs, I've given serious thought to cottage cheese.

I ate a tub of it tonight. Now, I'm hooked.

What goes good with cottage cheese? More cottage cheese!

[Corbi]

What goes good with cottage cheese? More cottage cheese!

I tried something that someone here had suggested and mixed a scoop of chocolate protein mix into my cottage cheese. Sounded pretty good, it was HORRIBLE. I managed to choke about half of it down before I gave up and tossed the rest out. Lesson learned that day.

[kcmoto]

For the cottage cheese haters try a different brand....some curds are soft and some are chalky. Some brands are very different. Firm and fresh are the best! Cottage cheese and a little salsa is my favorite, but I eat it with everything.

[bamazav]

sushi flavored ice cream.

They make sushi flavored ice cream? Where? I am in.

Sushi and cottage cheese sounds pretty good.

CC with a little stevia and some True Lime - mmm key lime casein! FTW!

Cc with ranch dressing is great in a pinch.

CC with sugar free vanilla flavoring is great too.

Puree it in a blender, and keep in your fridge. Add it to your whey for a hit of slow acting protein and to thicken up a water based shake.

Last night I took some CC, a little cream cheese and some cookies and cream myofusion, added a little water and made a cookies and cream cheese cake shake.

[HairyScandinavian]

I tried something that someone here had suggested and mixed a scoop of chocolate protein mix into my cottage cheese. Sounded pretty good, it was HORRIBLE. I managed to choke about half of it down before I gave up and tossed the rest out. Lesson learned that day.

I did the same thing, everyone was raving about CC and Peanut Butter. Heck I love them both, mixed it together and just about choked it was so bad. I did try a sugar free jello pudding flavor that turned out OK but it too sounded better than it actually was. Oh yeah and whipped cream sounds great, nope not all that. I stick with Splenda packets and like it best that way.

For the cottage cheese haters try a different brand....some curds are soft and some are chalky. Some brands are very different. Firm and fresh are the best! Cottage cheese and a little salsa is my favorite, but I eat it with everything.

This^. I love the smooth creamy ones. Every now and then walmart will change their supplier and I have to either go to HEB or buy name brand.

[Free Weight Friedel]

I use the Whipped Cottage cheese because of the smaller curds.

Try this:

1 cup Whipped Cottage Cheese
1/2 cup Grape Nuts Cereal or Oats
1 scoop Strawberry or Banana Protein Powder
add a little water to mix

Freeze for 1-2 hours


Protein Ice Cream FTW!

[MrOnePak]

Yay for cottage cheese....I used to have ice-cream or any cold treat after lunch before I came to this forum. Now I have a cup of of CC, 1 teaspoon of brown sugar and blueberries. Yum.

One of my friends at work (been dieting for several months with good results) eats CC with tuna/salsa. It looks good but I'm too scared to try!!

[cowboybiker]

Yay for cottage cheese....I used to have ice-cream or any cold treat after lunch before I came to this forum. Now I have a cup of of CC, 1 teaspoon of brown sugar and blueberries. Yum.

One of my friends at work (been dieting for several months with good results) eats CC with tuna/salsa. It looks good but I'm too scared to try!!

Scared, srs

[SasaAndWendy]

Have you ever tried the cultured cottage cheese? This stuff is so awesome. We have it every morning mixed in with their nonfat organic yogurt.

[Tybalt71]

Sorry, gotta disagree, even if the greek yogurt is more protein dense.

I like almonds and diced onions in my cottage cheese.

^^^^^^^ this +1 love greek yogurt, however I eat both CC and the greek yogurt, both are my only 2 sources of dairy, no milk, no whey/no casein etc

[Turboboy]

I have cottage cheese (small curd 4%) at least 5 times per day. 1/2 cup in each protein drink and once by itself before bed. Not sure what I would do without it now. It makes every protein drink taste better whether it's casein or whey.

[nvrstopworking]

I ate cottage cheese for YEARS like this....

1 cup of cottage cheese

1 cup of blueberries

1 cup of granola

1 tsp of cinnamon


Mix & eat. It was damn good. I feel like I OD'd on it though because my stomach can't tolerate it anymore.

I had a tub of Greek Yogurt before bed last night and it was SOOOOOOO good... so I think that that's going to be my new pre-bed staple.

[Getsum]

1 pack splenda, cinnamon, crushed black walnuts, 1 cup cottage cheese......nom nom nom. Tastes like some type of cinnamon cheese danish. I eat this pre bed almost every night. Damn....now I am hungry.

I tried this the other night and it was really good!

Going to try it with Salsa next.

I've been eating it plain for years, well sometimes with fruit.

[ptrmull]

2 Weeks ago I would have agreed with MslMan, but this last week in trying to figure out how to add more calories to my diet that I could handle, i started mixing Cottage Cheese with different foods. Now I am in the camp with you Marius. That stuff is better mixed than plain. I love it plain, but it love it even more mixed, blended, and stirred into things. It is very universal. I also attribute many of my recent gains to making sure I eat it with nuts before bed every night. I think I read without extra carbs, it will take 6-8 hours to fully digest, giving you a slow constant stream of BCAA through the night. LOVE THAT STUFF!!!

mix in jelly or jam/preserves its good

[IdidntDoIt]

The debate of what food is greater than another is idiotic.

Cottage cheese is great, but it would be even greater if large-curd whole milk cottage cheese didn't take an expedition to find. I love it with tomatoes and a little French dressing. I love it with chopped fruit. I love it by itself. I love it with a light sprinkling of sea salt and slices of avocado.

I love it with bacon.

I love it with maple syrup.

I love it with bacon AND maple syrup.

Love.

I had never thought to try it with avocado. I'll have to give it a try the next time I have some cottage cheese!

[flairon]

grilled chicken salad with cottage cheese rocks. Or just cottage cheese with bacon bits.

[Old Bob]

I eat cottage cheese because I like it and I don't add sugar or artificial sweeteners to it ever.

It's great with fresh, frozen, or canned fruit and with a slice of tomato or as an addition to a salad it's wonderful.

It's been a mainstay of my diet for most of my life and it's easy on my sensitive stomach, protein rich, cheap, readily available, sooooo nutritious and loaded with protein. It can be as low in fat as you want it to be and the 2% Breakstone brand is to die for. It's so good that I'm surprized it's not illegal...

Don't tell anyone though... It's a closely guarded secret.....

Happy Bob

[Indestructible6]

I make cottage cheese and peanut butter sandwiches before bed.

Other than that, I just eat it like that.

I have also heard of mixing a scoop of chocolate whey with a little bit of water. Pour it over and it is like a desert. Never tried it yet though.

[Corbi]

I have also heard of mixing a scoop of chocolate whey with a little bit of water. Pour it over and it is like a desert. Never tried it yet though.

it's nasty!!! And don't say I didn't warn you if you try this.

[muladesigns]

I haven't had the courage of trying cottage cheese as of yet. Guess it's the looks of it (texture?). Not sure what to expect. yet after hearing how many body builders live off, and swear by it. I think I'll have to try it with fresh fruit. i hope I'll like it, or at least be able to learn to like it enough to incorporate it in my diet. which can definitely use a bit more variety to keep from getting stale)

Update: I just got back from the supermarket. I bought cottage cheese (low fat) and a lot of berrie type fruit. it will take a little getting use to, but it's not to bad. I can see the benefits of it though.

[Getsum]

For the cottage cheese haters try a different brand....some curds are soft and some are chalky. Some brands are very different. Firm and fresh are the best! Cottage cheese and a little salsa is my favorite, but I eat it with everything.

I tried the cottage cheese with salsa yesterday, it was pretty good.

[bigwave916]

I love cottage cheese. My favorite topping is salsa with jalapeno slices, but I like it with green olives, mushrooms, nuts, flaxseed, tomatoes, black beans, etc. Whenever I have a baked potato I put a big a couple of tablespoons of cottage cheese on it instead of sour cream and butter.

[Takamatsu]

I've eaten a tub of low fat cottage cheese everyday for the last week , today was coronation cottage cheese which was slightly strange, but also added some variety to the flavour. I love to add freshly ground black pepper to plain low fat cottage cheese an eat it from the tub.

I'm also a fan of 0% fat greek yogurt, whether to spoon it straight from the pot or add it to Tuna+sweetcorn as a replacement for mayo.

One question though, I haven't tried it yet but was thinking about adding some cottage cheese/garlic+parsley into the middle of a chicken breast before cooking it. Anyone know if cottage cheese cooks/melts okay? I don't want to ruin a piece of chicken trying it.

[anonymous]

Regular CC is the most disgusting, vile salt-lick imaginable so I have no idea how people can look forward to it

the Sodium free variety is wonderful stuff however, and makes the most amazing protein puddings - like the one I'm eating now with chunks of 80% dark chocolate + natty PB.

[Karl_Hungus]

Kind of funny how many people hate cottage cheese. I love it and always have. As a kid, my parents used to give it to me as a dessert.

There is a lot of variety from brand to brand -- other factors are curd size and fat level. Personally, I like the small curd 2% fat the best.