Hi,

I'm new to this forum although have been reading it for a while. I am scheduled for my surgery on March 4th (which leads to a lousy pun about how I am going to "march forth' into a new life. lol). Actually, even though it was all my idea, I'm a bit scared at this time. I'll be alright though. If I lose enough to drop a few meds I'll be estatic.

Anyway, I'm on my two week liquid preoperative diet. I assume that most of you could eat yogurt and cottage cheese on it. I'm really getting tired of cottage cheese and have even tried flavoring it with taco seasoning for variety. I was wondering if anyone else was equally tired of the stuff and found other, more exciting, non-fruit flavorings.

Last night I made Ricotta cheese with enchilada sauce (I added some other things - black beans,cilantro, low fat mozzarella - but I am on the mushy stage) but that may be a good match I baked mine till it was bubbly. yumm.

I mixed (and still do) some hummus in my cottage cheese, sometimes salsa..

My grandfather use to add just a little bit more milk, and just salt and pepper. Yummo, My kids like it that way now too.

I don't care that much for cottage cheese but I've tried it with baby food peaches mixed in and it wasn't so bad. My surgery date is the same as yours. I'm on liquids starting today (was low carb high protein 5 days before). Good luck !

MMMMMMmmmmmm Cottage cheese with salsa....

If you're the only one eating it, you can mix the whole tub of cottage cheese with a package of sugar free Jello mix, and it gives it a nice flavor. Don't make the jello first, just use the dry mix.

I really like the cottage cheese that comes flavored with chives. I've tried just adding chives to plain cottage cheese, but I didn't like it as well.

As a kid we always had cottage cheese with pineapple or peaches, so you could add the juice to it for flavor. We always used fresh tomato slices as well so I can definitely see adding salsa juice to it as well. I can't stand cottage cheese myself, I have a problem with the texture. Yogurt isn't as bad but I can't get through a whole container of it. Luckily my 21 month old loves yogurt so I share it with her. She also goes through a tub of cottage cheese every week too. I'm trying not to inflict my food hang-ups on her.

Cottage cheese w/ salsa, cottage cheese w/ chives, cottage cheese w/ peaches or pineapple, V8, parsley, cilantro, hummus, pureed edamame... YUM YUM YUM

thanks, this should help me get through the weekend.

and just in case you wondered, you can make taco seasoning with equal parts of chili powder, cumin, oregano, and onion powder, and add paparika for color. Or I suppose you can just buy a bag of the stuff.

thanks again

I like cottage cheese, pineapple, cool whip. I guess you could use pineapple juice for now tho.

I never liked cottage cheese, unless it was loaded with Pineapples or peaches and the juices. But I bought some Breakstones lowfat cottage cheese and I like it all by it's self with nothing added. Give it a try, it has a nice flavor to it.

I like cottage cheese with any fruit, and also with some salt and pepper.

But, I'll be trying the hummus! That sounds good!

got the tip here on the boards to mix in sf applesauce and cinnamon..very good!

When I was on my liquid I would actually add a little mild and puree my cottage cheese, it changes the texture and makes it really creamy. Then I would add some sugar free jello powder and cool whip lite. Yummo!

Hello, I just read your post about the cottage cheese. I did'nt have to be on a special diet before the surgery but afterwards..well you know...I did. I would add 1 or 2 teaspoons of baby food applesauce and 1 packet of splenda to a 1/2 cup of cottage cheese. It was pretty good.:biggrin2: