Okay, I am simply astounded at how many grams of Protein are in cottage cheese. Un-freakin'-believable! Why wasn't I eating this earlier???

My hubby picked up some FF cottage cheese for me on my pre-op diet and I was just poking my nose in the frig for a snack. Looked at the nutritional info and about dropped to the floor. I have been really working on ways to beef up my protein and just completely missed this one. It has 12 grams of protein per serving. Just crazy good news for me!

What brand of greek yogurt are you eating with 22g of proteing per serving? I'm eating fage single serving containers with 17 g of Protein because Oikos single serving containers do not have as much as fage. Please tell me which one you're eating. I want the 22g of protein. I LOVE greek yogurt. I like it with 1-2 t of splenda with fresh berries and a little granola with added walnuts for additional protein. It's a great night time snack.

I was wrong! You are right it is more like 17 grams of Protein not 22!

Sorry!

I also have used Cottage cheese as a staple since my band. I absolutly love putting it on my lettace salad either with or without added meat. You can cut down on the amount of dressing you put on your salad also. I also put sliced pickled beets on that same salad.. WONDERFUL

I am now to where I am venturing out alittle and adding some starches.. I eat cottage cheese on a baked potato and then top it off with pace Pacante sauce...TRY IT.

One way that I got my Nieces and Nephews to eat Cottage chesse is to sprinkle the Season All or Lowerys Season Salt on it. Bacon bits is good also.

Like someone else said, you can use it instead of dressings... I put it into my tuna salad and chicken salad.

best of luck to all.

Lois

In addition to the CC and Gr Yogurt (yum), ricotta cheese is a whopper in the protein department. It is whey protein so people who normally have difficulty with lactose may have better success with it. I eat it paired with fruit slices, or just a touch of splenda, or even SF jello. If it is part of a meal rather than a sweet, I put veggies, particularly cukes and/or broccoli, but a couple of my friends - not even on diets - now love it too and say they put it with whatever they love. By the way, the Gr yogurt is good w/ a touch of splenda or a fruit as well. They are all awesome for calcium too, so it is a double bonus to me!

I love cottage cheese with tomatoes and advocado seasoned with garlic powder, salt , and pepper. YUMMY!:thumbup:

I love cottage cheese iwth pepper in it. I have mixed it with a baked salmon too. That put the protein through the roof.

If you whip it in the blender until smooth, it can act as a sour cream. thumbs up on the ricotta cheese. I actually like it better. Pour a 1/4 cup of prego sauce over it with a sprinkle of parmesan and it makes a nice lunch. Cottage cheese in sugar free jello with fruit. YUM. Scoop out the center of a home grown tomato. fill it with cottage cheese, salt, pepper, italian seasoning, sprinkle with parmesan and bake or broil it. Heavenly.

You're making me hungry Aubrie!! I'm definitely doing the ricotta with Prego sauce after Thursday when I'm off of liquids! Thanks for the tip!

There is SO MUCH you can do with either of these cheeses!!! Baked apples with cottage cheese and cinnamon. 7 grain bread with steamed sliced apples on top spread with cottage cheese, splenda or turbinado sugar and apple pie spice. Broil for a few minutes.

Beat two eggs until fluffly and fold in a cup of ricotta cheese, 2 tbls. parmesan cheese, chopped spinach cooked, garlic powder, sweet basil and oregano and a bit of salt and pepper. Top with parmesan and a bit of mozzarella and put in the oven for about half an hour. It's wonderful!!!

:thumbup:One of my favorite meals is cottage cheese mixed with a very chunky salsa. Delicious!

Oh my gosh! That sounds good!

I LOVE Greek yogurt. Try the Fage brand. Lots of stores carry it. You can get various fruit flavors, as well as honey. The fruit comes in a little side compartment that you can mix as you choose, so you can use the amount that makes sense for you. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it.

One of my favorite ways to enjoy cottage cheese is with dill weed and sliced cucumbers and cherry tomatoes to dip in it. If I'm feeling like something sweet, I'll mix slices of banana or canned pineapple.

In terms of Greek yogurt, I feel fortunate to live close to some really great grocery stores (Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, PCC...) that offer healthier/organic/whole food-type options. I often will get a few containers of The Greek Gods brand yogurt, honey flavor. It's a nice alternative to other sugary sweets (can be a substitute for ice cream, especially if you stick a container in the freezer) I've tried other brands of the greek yogurt, but this is my favorite. Also makes a nice, light dressing (tzatziki) if you mix some of the plain greek yogurt with lemon juice, dill, garlic, cucumber, parsley, olive oil and a bit of pepper.

Ya'll make it sound so good, I wish I liked CC. I have tried it every kind of way, and just can't get myself to eat it.

The only way I like it, which I've yet to replicate.. my granny's lasagna uses cottage cheese instead of ricotta. I don't like lasagna, but I like pulling the noodles off and scraping the red sauce out.. and just eating the cottage cheese out of it.

I know it's mixed with egg, so some sort of baked cottage cheese & egg, but it picks up the flavor from the red sauce I guess... but I don't want the red sauce

I have to say that I used to HATE cottage cheese. Hate it. Now I really enjoy it and love the protein and all, but I only eat it one way. With salsa. Everyone recommended to go the sweet route and add fruit, etc. and I still didn't like it. But someone else recommended salsa and I was amazed. I actually liked it! I really love it with Pineapple Salsa from Target. Very yummy - low in fat and high in protein. Plus is is super easy and super quick - I love it for lunch when I am often busy and want something fast.

1/2 cup LF CC straight out of the measuring cup is one of my favorite dishes, daily!!

I like cottage cheese with just paprika on it. Very tasty. Haven't tried Greek yogurt yet. I believe you make yogurt cheese with it. Line a small sieve with a coffee filter, plop in the yogurt, set the sieve over a bowl in the refrigerator, and let it drain for 24 hours. A clear liquid drains out and the yogurt is thicker. This only works on plain yogurt with no gelatin added.