okay i want some ideals on what i can do with ricotta cheese any good recipes?:hungry:

South Beach has many dessert recipes that utilize ricotta cheese. The easiest being 1/2 cup part-skim ricotta, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract and 1 pkg sugar subsitute. Mix together, served chilled.

Another great one is: 1/2 cup ricotta, 1/2 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 pkg sugar subsitute & dash expresso powder. Mix all but the expresso powder together, dust expresso power over before serving.

I have found that just about any extract can be subsituted and some spices are a great add also.

The South Beach cookbook offers some main dish sugesstions, but you would have to be pretty far along in the banding phase to be able to eat them.

Hope this helps!!

I just had a bunch of recipes and lost them waaaaaaaah...

Lets try this again...

Mocha Ricotta Creme

1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese

1/2 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 package sugar substitute

Dash espresso powder

5 mini chocolate chips (this is the most difficult part of the recipe!!)

Mix together the ricotta, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and sugar substitute in a desert bowl. Serve chilled with a dusting of espresso powder and sprinkled with the mini chocolate chips.

Serves 1

Nutrition at a glance

Per serving: 261 Calories, 15g Protein, 17g Carbohydrates, 14g Fat, 9g Saturated Fats, 166 mg Sodium, 42 mg cholesterol, 0g Fiber

Vanilla ricotta cream - 178 calories

1/2 cup part skim ricotta,

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract,

1 packet sugar substitute

lemon zest ricotta creme -- 178 calories

same as above, add 1/4 teaspoon lemon zest

almond ricotta cream - 192 calories

1/4 teason almond extract replaces the vanilla

add 1 teaspoon slivered toasted almonds

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Das, great minds think alike LOL :eekB:

http://homecooking.about.com/cs/cheeseinformation/a/ricotta.htm

riccotta cheese and peanut butter mixed together was one of my main mushy foods, it tastes great mixed together almost like a cheesecake and it it great for curbing the sweet tooth.

Oh yeah... peanut butter and a little splenda wrapped up in a crape... too die for!

I make the filling my sister uses for manicotti and bake it in a 9 inch square pan with spaghetti sauce on it...tastes just like the manicotti and is really filling and satisfying. Her recipe calls for ricotta, cottage cheese, shredded lowfat cheese, an egg, and spices, so it's really high Protein.

Emily

Emily, can you get us more details on that recipe? It sounds really good!

I love ricitta cheese over some hot pasta with a bit of butter and parm cheese. Its so good.

this may sound a little crazy but mix it with no sugar, instant pudding mix. When I am really craving something sweet, I ust ricotta (part skim) a couple of heaping spoons of oreo cookie instant pudding and about 10 honey roasted peanuts. It's GREAT!