Ricotta or cottage cheese lasagna

IF I like the ready made thats what I would get!

Actually I make lasagna with both. I like it very cheesy. I use ricotta, cottage and mozarella cheese.

i have never had lasagna with ricotta cheese only cottage cheese because of the cost. maybe i will have to rethink this decision. right now, we have to be cost conscience, but i would spend the money if i had it.

I was talking to someone else about this very same thing and the fact is I have NEVER heard of making lasagna with cottage cheese!! This was a very new idea for me and I am absolutely positive I have never tried it before. I have heard of several different recipes some with and some without ricotta but never fathomed cottage cheese was a substitute, and I make a pretty mean lasagna!! But seeing as you are saying you like the ricotta better I think I am going to stick with it. I haven't made lasagna in months though... May be about time to do it...

I have tried different recipes for homemade lasagna. After experiementing with cottage cheese, i have found I prefer to make my lasagna with ricotta cheese. Lasagna just doesn't seem to have the perfect taste without using ricotta. t

Hi I just read your post about lasagna!I did not understand but if you bought the lasagna ready or if you did it add the ricotta!In any case I'm Italian and I can tell you that the real lasagna,which is very good, is not made with ricotta. The lasagna is made with layers of sauce with ground beef, ham, mozzarella, parmesan cheese,boiled eggs and those who like béchamel.This is the original recipe!!! If you want to know how to make let me know and I'll answer. Have a nice day!

I also buy President's choice lasagna. I have even bought it when I had guests for dinner. I find it tastes as good as my own home made lasagna. When I make my own own lasagna I use low fat cottage cheese and put it through a sieve to make it fine grained. I agree with you and everybody else, ricotta is really so much tastier but unfortunately it also has a high fat content and as a diabetic who also has to watch her cholesterol I have to leave it alone most of the time anyway.

I have tried both, and I prefer Ricotta. It is more expensive, but the flavor is a whole lot better.

When I make certain dishes the ingrdiants always cost a bit much. Because of this I kdon't make certain things very often. When I do make them my family loves the treat and yes I do get them even when they are not on sale. My daughter on the other hand. She wants what she wants when she wants it so she gets what she needs to make what she wants but luckily I taught her to make enough to freeze and she can have it again when she wants oit without spending all the money to remake it.

I'd definitely choose the ingredient that tastes the best. Even though cottage cheese works, the ricotta makes the lasagna richer, and yeah, it's worth spending the extra. I don't do much cooking, but if I did, I'd go for the taste first, budget second.

Sometimes I will pay more if it really improves the taste and texture. I have always used cottage cheese but might try the ricotta if it's as good as you say. I like to make manicotti and might try the ricotta in that. If you don't want it to spoil, freeze it. As long as you're using it in cooking it'll be okay as freezing doesn't change the flavor.

I had lasagna with cottage cheese once and we called it a fake lasagna wanna be. I'll stick with my ricotta thank you very much

I personally enjoy using a little of both, but that's my personal opinion. It seems to be a common option, because I notice others are mentioning it here too. Ricotta is delicious and cottage cheese is good. I always make sure to take it easy on the cottage cheese, because it can get nasty if you put too much, but there is never a point where ricotta tastes bad.

hi suspenseful, Yes, sometimes I buy the higher price ingreditents and yes beleive it or not it does make a difference in the taste or texture of the meal. My children even notice it too at times and other times I buy the more less expesnive and it all depends how much I have to spend on food too. I try find the coupons on the pricer items to I do not feel it at the cash register. Lasagna you are making me hungry. My mother made with cottage cheese and I use riccota cheese too. They are both good and I riccota for my stuff shells but my stuff shells I think I need more flavor it usually to cheesy for me and I put mozzerall cheese too. Maybe I try less riccotta and put cottage cheese and my mozella. Thanks and have a great day Sincelrey Unique16

I am sorry that your husband is not feeling well. I think I would possibly just continue to get the lasagna at the Superstore as a treat. I would use the ricotta if I made it myself at home, and choose to economize somewhere else where it is less readily detected.

hi suspenseful I know some lasagnas you buy in the store are awful but some are really so good. I love ricotta cheese and it is a bit pricey too. Here at Gold crest my cooking days are over and oh do I miss that so much. I loved to cook and I always bought Barellis spaghetti plus as it tastes so much better, and its reallygood for you as it h as added protein plus omega 3 and 6 in it too. and I used their spaghetti sauce with extra basil and garlic that I added myself plus oregano too. Barellis cost more but its authentic Italian made and is so much better than other spaghettis, also their other pastas are all so much better and so delicious that its worth a few cents more. I will admit that though a lot of Gold Crests meals are not worth bragging about they make an excellent spaghetti and meat balls here, really delicious which is amazing for an institution like this. oh yeah they say we are not an institution , well what then do they call themselves. its a retirement center with care givers, assisted living blah blah,I am here solely because we lost our apartment, otherwise I would have never set foot in a place like this. never. lol.