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[Tinkrbl44]

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@ID2 wrote:

I have become obsessed with cottage cheese with Herdez Guacamole Salsa! Every day addiction! 

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@ID2 

Now that you mention it, I recall that I used to put a heaping tablespoon of salsa on my CC.  Very tasty with a few saltines!  

[Tinkrbl44]

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@Goldengate8361 wrote:

I'm going grocery shopping today and I think I'm going to buy some cottage cheese after reading this thread. I'd sort of forgotten about cottage cheese.

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@Goldengate8361 

Yeah, me too.  It's a reasonably-priced good source of protein ... and all you have to do to "prepare" it is open the container!  lol  

[Tinkrbl44]

@Enufstuff 

I try to eat low-sodium, too.   For the amount of sodium difference in the serving sizes, I get the regular and cut my salt intake in other places.  

[Tinkrbl44]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@Tinkrbl44.  I'm not really crazy about cottage cheese except in concert with one thing, over-ripe honeydew melon. The sourness of the cottage cheese with the juicy sweetness of the melon is just perfect.

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@Kachina624 

My favorite fruit with cottage cheese is fresh, juicy pieces of mango.   

Fresh peaches or pears would be my second choice.  

[beach-mom]

I love it! 

I frequently make my cottage potatoes, which calls for large curd, so that's what I buy.

DH eats it plain. I like it with apple butter. I used to eat it with three-bean salad.  

[CrazyKittyLvr2]

That would be a big fat, NO.   Reminds me of really spoiled lumpy milk.

[magicmoodz]

I don't love cottage cheese, but I do eat it. I usually buy Trader Joe's full fat SMALL curd.  I just cannot do LARGE curd. It is so juicy and reminds me of curdled milk. Gag!

I put it in scrambled eggs, egg salad, tuna salad and on top of riced cauliflower before adding sauce (I can use much less sauce this way).

I do remember years ago my mom using it in lasagne instead of ricotta. But she belonged to the scoop of cottage cheese in 1/2 of a canned peach for lunch every day group (probably after working out with Jack LaLanne on tv.😀)

[wagirl]

@SoCal Bred --oh that sounds really good!! Think I will try that combo soon!!

[wagirl]

@Jo1313 --I think mixing both would be much more flavorful than just ricotta---you would have to use a blender or stick blender to smooth out the cottage cheese first than mix the 2 together. To me, ricotta is pretty bland tasting--cottage cheese especially with chives is alot better tasting-----will try that combo next time I make a lasagna.

[Jo1313]

@wagirl ...Yes ricotta is bland..I could eat it right out of the container..When using it in baked ziti or lasagna..I add 1 raw egg.. lots of grating cheese, garlic powder and parsley..mixed in ricotta before going on the pasta and then into the oven

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@Jo1313 --I think mixing both would be much more flavorful than just ricotta---you would have to use a blender or stick blender to smooth out the cottage cheese first than mix the 2 together. To me, ricotta is pretty bland tasting--cottage cheese especially with chives is alot better tasting-----will try that combo next time I make a lasagna.

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