Does cottage cheese go with everything?
@macdingolinger (10386)
United States
January 9, 2010 10:02am CST
I have just rediscovered cottage cheese! I have it at lunch when it is on the salad bar. IT goes great with a salad or with fruit. I have eaten it by itself or with salt and pepper. It's even good in jello. It has calcium (whch is needful since I really don't like milk!) and potien. It's like the best all around go-with-everything type dish. Do you use cottage cheese? What do you like to eat it with?
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
9 Jan 10
I love cottage cheese. Most of the time I eat it with just a little pepper on it. Sometimes I will drizzle a little French dressing on it too. I love it in salads. I don't normally eat it with fruit although I know lots of people who do. It is good in mashed potatoes too. You make up the potatoes and stir in some cottage cheese and bake it.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
9 Jan 10
COTTAGE CHEESE MASHED POTATOES
Instant mashed potatoes (4 servings)
1 1/2 tbsp. instant minced onion
1 c. lg. curd cottage cheese
Decreasing water 1/2 cup, prepare instant potatoes according to package direction. Add instant onion to boiling water before adding potatoes. With fork, fold in cottage cheese.
Turn into 1 to 1 1/2 quart casserole (greased). Dot with butter, sprinkle with paprika. Bake at 350 degrees for 1/2 hour.
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
9 Jan 10
I haven't heard of putting cottage cheese in potatoes. When I get a home againg I'll have to try it. Is that all you put in the dish?
@freerr (666)
• China
1 Jun 10
cottage cheese? I eat cottage cheese very seldom or can say never before.
In my memory, I have chance to taste it on a company lunch. About two months ago, company provided to everyone the lunch for free - a sandwish, some vegetables, some beef and a piece of cottage cheese. But I have never ate cottage cheese before, so I gave up it. The next day, I saw it still putted on my desk, I wanna to taste it but still no courage so gave up again. That time is that I am closer to the cottage cheese.
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
1 Jun 10
A piece of cottage cheese? Hm... always been a bowl of cottage cheese I haven't seen it in any other form. It's like curds...
@StarBright (2798)
• United States
9 Jan 10
Sounds like you've got the cottage cheese thing down. I love it with fruit. Rather than plain salt, I use lemon pepper. That adds just the right amount of zing.
If you make Lasagne, cottage cheese makes a great substitute for the ricotta cheese. It is less fattening.
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
9 Jan 10
I forgot it was good in dishes like lasagna too! I haven't tried the lemon pepper but I will have to look into that it at least sounds interesting!
@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
9 Jan 10
Oddly, cottage cheese is the only cheese that I do not care for. I have tried to learn to enjoy it, but just cannot seem to develop a taste for it. My mother absolutely loves cottage cheese. Like you, she enjoys it plain with just salt and pepper but also loves it with diced peaches stirred into it. She has also eaten it with mandarin oraanges, strawberrries and various other fruits. One time she dumped a can of fruit cocktail (minus the liquid)into a container of cottage cheese and ate the entire thing! Like other cheeses, it is a good source of calcium.
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
9 Jan 10
It is good source of calcium. Especially when you dont' like milk! It is good wit fruit cocktail! I just kinda like with about everything!
@maria1081 (1251)
• Philippines
9 Jan 10
I think so. Cottage cheese can go with my fruit or vegetable salad. It can also go with my bread or just eating it by itself. I can also make cheese stick out of it. Even my dogs have a thing for cheese.
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
9 Jan 10
What is a cottage cheese stick? That sounds really different!
@drealee (9)
• United States
21 Jan 10
I love cottage cheese - it works well for so many things and goes great with such a variety of foods! I eat it for a snack or sometimes for breakfast, or serve it along side lunch or dinner. I've even got my young daughter to eat it! I enjoy it most plain or with fruit such as pineapple or peaches. It works well as a filling for crepes. My dad and his grandmother have always enjoyed cottage cheese with apple or mint jelly mixed in. Enjoy your new adventures in cottage cheese!
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
21 Jan 10
Hey! Thanks for the extra ideas!! It is the wonder meal in itself!!!
@UpsideDownPineapple (643)
• United States
23 Jan 10
I'm a big fan of cottage cheese as well! It's so yummy, it totally can be eaten all by itself. I really like it's nutritional value, too. I'm a vegetarian and I often struggle to get the right amount of protein so I try to get my hands on as much dairy as I can get into my mouth. After I eat cottage cheese, I feel like I have an energy boost. And it's not like a jittery unhealthy coffee/caffeine jolt. It's completely good for me. :)