What to eat with cottage cheese?

[Food_Fiend]

Help! I'm in a cottage cheese rut. I find myself only eating it with apples, a drizzle of honey, and some cinnamon. What's your favorite way to eat it?

[HillJ]

Lately it's been a toss up between fresh cubed pineapple with cinnamon & honey or fresh cubed cucumber with black pepper and pears. Either one tastes really refreshing.

Oh and a squeeze of fresh lemon or lime really goes well with cottage cheese all by itself.

[SatRogers]

Add fresh blueberries, pineapple, strawberries, peaches, or applesauce to cottage cheese for a good high protein breakfast.

[lovesCheese]

Sliced beefsteak tomatoes (or any kind for that matter), cottage cheese, balsamic and ground pepper.

[Swall]

I like to add it to oats with yogurt and chopped pear and let it soak overnight in the fridge. Or blending it with protein powder for a thicker shake.

[Swall]

Cottage cheese mixed into pasta. Or cottage cheese on toast with peanut butter!

[gmm]

Sprinkled with Johnny's Salad Elegance. It's a salt/spice blend that has paprika, parmesan, garlic, sesame seeds and poppy seeds. Love it.

[shaebones]

Friendship cc mixed w canned pinapple and topped w TJ's honey roasted almond chips. My brkfst of choice lately.

[mamachef]

That's a damn fine breakfast there, shaebones. I might even eat it piled onto an English muffin or bagel. I also like pineapple chunks and sour cream, and I bet you would too.....

[shaebones]

Indeed. Spread on a well toasted cinammon raisin bagel. Oh baby!

[mamachef]

I love your life for specifically mentioning the well-toasted part, shaebones. I consider an untoasted bagel a crime against humanity. Well okay; perhaps an overstatement, but jeekers, it only takes 3-4 minutes to toast the little bastards, and raw bagels just.don't.taste.good.
:)

[eclecticsynergy]

My favorite bagel toasting trick is to split the bagel, spread with butter and toast under the broiler so the butter browns while the bagel is toasting. Wish I had one right now...

[shaebones]

You're killin' me. ME TOO!!

[CookbookHoarder]

I read every entry since October, 2006 but didn't see one QUITE like the one I've enjoyed since I was a teenager many, MANY years ago !. Icy cold cottage cheese and really hot brown gravy with a side of toasted, buttered rye bread. Originally a breakfast born out of desperation and left-overs, now it's one of MY favorite comfort foods !!

[mamachef]

I can totally see this.

[latindancer]

Roasted/carmelized pineapple with fleur de sel sprinkled on top.

[tim irvine]

Most of these sound good to me. I grew up in a home that often had cc with tomato aspic and Lawry's salt and pepper. Sometimes mother left bits of leftover vegetables in the refrigerator in a little vinegar...celery root, asparagus, French cut green beans, whatever...and we'd spoon some on top of the cheese and aspic. I also love cottage cheese with a very thick cut salsa of mango, habanero, red onion, salt, lime, and cilantro.

[Miller_Meteor]

On saltines with a sprinkle of Lawry's seasoned salt, Scooped right out of the carton with Fritos scoops, straight up with green Tabasco sauce, smothered in black pepper, and last but not least! rolled up in a thick slice of bologna like a taco!

[julesrules]

I ran out of yogurt one day and used cottage cheese for my fruit & granola breakfast (bananas in this case). The saltiness of the cottage cheese made for a quite tasty variation.

[mamachef]

This sounds so nasty, but it's actually absolutely delish:
A large scoop of high-fat, small curd chees........with cream of tomato soup poured over it. So very very yum, but the looks I get when I mention it...... :)

[Emme]

sounds good to me!

[mamachef]

And I see I've done it yet again: replied without scrolling through first. Emme, I just got my first response ever, above, from happybaker, who not only enjoys it but actually knew someone ELSE who did, as well. Made my day, it did!!

[happybaker]

: )

[lovbadger]

My fav is to pile it on some healthy wheat toast and top it with slices of ( garden, ripe off ur vine ) tomato. You may want a light salting on tomatoes.

[bonobo]

It may not be the most healthy of things, but crumpets. Crumpets with butter/marg and a good layer of cottage cheese on top is ultimate heaven.

[cathodetube]

Crumpets also good with sliced cheese and put under broiler after toasting the bottom. Add chutney. I have been doing egg fried rice, with vegetables and then adding cottage cheese in, stirring and letting it melt and then adding sriracha sauce.

[bonobo]

Cheese and crumpets are a personal favourite of mine. The egg fried rice idea sounds good.

[cathodetube]

I see you are in Stoke. In that case forget the word broiler and substitute grill! You must enjoy oatcakes and cheese up in Stoke. I have been trying out loads of different crumpets and rate the Tesco Value/Basic ones. The Sainsburys and Morrisons value brands aren't bad either.

[bonobo]

I loooooove cheese and oatcakes! :D

My weekly shopping comes from lidl mostly, so I think most of the crumpets I've had are from companies sold in lidls. But I don't know which one would be my favourite, I like all the ones I've ended up with.

[circustance]

cottage cheese into the curved part of a sliced honeydew melon or cantaloupe. Spoon.

[Cowboy_101]

Nearly every vegetable goes with Cottage Cheese, carrot stick with peanut butter dip cottage cheese.
Health Nut: 4oz cottage cheese, 4oz V8 juice, two table spoons fresh ground flax seed, one teaspoon black sesame seed, 1 teaspoon bee pollen. Blend on high speed until smooth. Add 2 scoops whey protein powder, blend 20 seconds. Enjoy and the workout, 10 min cardio, 25 pushups, 25 situps, 15 min resistance training. Results eat 375cal burn 750cal you will be glad you did.

[Txkitchenrat]

UUUmmmmmm cottage cheese!!! Wonderful with diced fresh tomatoes (real from your garden preferably), thinly sliced scallions, diced cornichons, lemon pepper and salt. Also great on top of Chili, Ground beef Mac and cheese casserole and add my vote to the cottage cheese and canned peaches group!!

[Miri1]

Had it last night stirred into steaming hot Trader Joes marinara sauce. Ate it like soup. So good!

I also love a scoop of cottage cheese and a scoop of either orange or rainbow sherbet on top of a fresh fruit salad in summer. One of my favorite summer meals!

[Carolinehaggard]

lemon pepper! how could i forgetttt! thank god for trader joes!

[Carolinehaggard]

Cottage cheese, what joy it has given me. With scallions and pepper, with pickles, with chutney, with mild hot sauce like cholulah or pickapeppa, eaten off of bell pepper chunks, etc, etc!

[The Professor]

With chutney!! ...oh boy, I have to try that one!

[KrisKay]

VEGGIE PATCH Chickpea Patties, or any of the Veggie Patch products really!

[therosenthalpottery]

any pasta for noodles and cheese. of course you have to butter the noodles

[speakhandsforme]

Just put it in a bowl with canned beets on top. Cut with your fork, scoop and devour. Cheap and delicious.

[othervoice]

This post has been around along time, but I've enjoyed reading all the different combo's. I've yet to see this one though. When I was in high school we used to make this as a dip and it was delicous with corn chips.
16oz. small curd low fat cc
1 cup of light mayo
1 bell pepper chopped
1 green onion chopped
1/2t garlic powder
1/2t black pepper
Mix all together and dip.

The other long lost love of mine is cc on toast with blackberry jam......YUM

[alkapal]

othervoice, would you broil that cc on toast first, then add the jam -- like a cheese pie? sounds intriguing.

[mamachef]

I haven't skimmed all these, but since it's showing me only new posts, I know I've been here before so forgive me if I repeat myself. Ok, cottage cheese: scallions w/ salt/pepper; really good salsa; chopped vegetables; chopped fruits and nuts of any kind; in a baked potato or a lovely mashed potato casserole as a stand-in for sour cream; in a bowl with hot cream of tomato soup and crackers for dipping. The last one is my favorite, and I know I'll get flak for it, but don't knock it 'til you try it because it's wonderful: the cheese is tangy, the soup is tangy yet savory, and the crackers are crunchy and salty. The cheese melts gently, enriching the soup even more. Gawd I adore cottage cheese. Oh, and Gomasio, a Japanese blend of toasted sesame seeds and salt is GREAT on it, and so is dukka. If you want recipes, I'll be happy to provide them. Just let me know.

[happybaker]

Mamachef,

The very proper, english heritage folks across the street from me (as a kid) used to eat campbells tomato soup with a dollop of cottage cheese.

I didn't get it.

Now, as an adult, I LOVE that combo, with fresh pepper and garlic powder as well.

I like it with egg noodles and butter, and, on a baked potato - yum!

[mamachef]

I am in a happy kind of shock, having waited for years, literally, to hear of someone else who knows of it/has eaten this combo. Me so so happy. As I said......somewhere, the only other person I know of who's eaten this is - my kids. :)
Oh, thank you thank you thank you!

[happybaker]

Oh you are so funny : )

I think if you went to Pittsburgh (Mt. Lebenon especially) you'd find plenty of folks who were fed tomato soup with cottage cheese as a normal kids meal while visiting this particular family - and we've all just kept on eating it on our own as it is so good! My mom still does as well, as she was friends with the mom who fed us the stuff.

So just know that you are not alone.

I also adore cottage cheese with salsa and crackers or chips as an easy mid-day meal.

But if it's cold? GIve me that hot savory tomato soup : )

[mamachef]

Yayuh, happy. I'm with you not only on the cottage cheese with salsa, but on the perfection of a mug of nice steaming Campbell's Cream of Tomato soup Soup SOUP!! Now, I need to figure out where in the Hell my Grandma came up with the idea. It sounds like it might be PA-centric with small tentacles reaching elsewhere, which begs that question. Grandma Ida was a Southern Jewish girl, one generation removed from the shtetl, without a lot of contact except within her own fairly insular community. I'm sure I'll never find out, but hey, it gives me yet another chance to think, "hey, just how did this happen?"
Thanks for the laughs.
Knuckle bump! Give me dapp! Now a high five on the low! We know what goood is!
Marci

[mariacarmen]

oh man, just found a new one. Nancy's Cultured Lowfat (1%) Cottage Cheese and katsuo fumi furikake! Fabulous!!

[mariacarmen]

someone may have mentioned this (i read most of the thread awhile ago) but today's lunch was 1% cottage cheese with a boatload of shichimi togarishi, sea salt & cracked pepper. wonderful new taste treat for me.

[alkapal]

mariacarmen, i had to look that up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shichimi

that does sound like a nice combo. do you think that some sliced scallion could be added to good effect there?

ps, what brand of cottage cheese are you liking these days?

[mariacarmen]

yes, i do think scallions would be good! i don't normally buy cottage cheese on a regular basis. this time i bought Nanci's low fat rennetless. Not for any particular reason, but i liked it.

and i realized i misspelled it, it's togarashi.

[Emme]

one more for savory... Aromat!

[dairyguy]

What I miss is "Garden Salad" cottage cheese. It had bits of green bell pepper, carrot, and scallion in it. It was only produced around Easter, but they quit making it 45+ years ago. Like "butterflake" buttermilk, it could have been contaminated, never was as far as I can remember.

[kimbercase]

I am ashamed to even bring this up, but does anyone remember eating orange "fluff" as a kid? I think it was a mixture of cottage cheese, Cool Whip, orange Jell-O powder, and crushed pineapple.

I used to really like that stuff, but I'm an all-natural vegan now, so it's all KINDS of wrong!

[Milt]

I still make this occasionally. It's good!

[laliz]

I made it last summer for friends while vacationing during a heat wave. (in New York). They are still raving about it and making it all the time.

[dairyguy]

I like mine with pineapple chunks.

Try this too; cottage cheese a little mayonnaise, and finely sliced scallion over lettuce. Salt and pepper to taste.

I remember watching my father make cottage cheese in the dairy where he worked. Cheese making is about the only thing I haven't done in the dairy business.

[alkapal]

welcome to chowhound, dairy guy. the trader joe's stores have wonderful canned pineapple. to me, cottage cheese with pineapple tastes like a delicious no-guilt cheesecake.

[s1storm]

I love Large Curd 4% Cottage Cheese with Apple Butter!!! The Large Curd is getting hard to find! It is only sold in one store near me.

[nadineindelaware]

Seedless cucumber slices topped with cottage cheese, each sprinkled with Mrs. Dash seasoning and a dab of Sriracha. I refer to it as 'nachos Flander's-style' (from The Simpsons).

[ChristinaBambina]

Cottage cheese with some heirloom tomatoes (that have never been refrigerated) and a bit of salt on top is good.

But if you're feeling like eating junkier, scoop up cottage cheese with Ruffles potato chips, or even better - Jalapeno Krunchers potato chips. So yummy.

[KrisKay]

Baked potato, Dill, tomato, pineapple, peaches & cinnamon,

cottage cheese seasoning:
Ingredients
2 pounds small curd cottage cheese
1/2 teaspoon caraway seed
1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar
1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (MSG)
1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
Directions

In a large bowl, mix together cottage cheese, caraway seed, sugar, monosodium glutamate (MSG), white pepper, chives and celery salt. Allow the mixture to chill in the refrigerator 8 to 12 hours, or overnight, before serving.
Nutritional Information

Amount Per Serving Calories: 31 | Total Fat: 1.3g | Cholesterol: 4mg

[moonstone]

HI....Thanks for the wonderful ideas. I did not see my very favourite way t o eat cottage cheese and that is is a can of pink salmon or better yet red salmon. It is salty with the blandness of the cottage cheese. I use half a can of salmon to half a container of cottage cheese.

[Reloy]

It's not the only way I'll eat it, but I have to echo everybody else who has it with spaghetti and red sauce. It's a pairing as good as tomatoes and mozzarella.

[buttertart]

Cottage cheese salad / side dish from the Ronneburg restaurant in the Amana Colonies, Iowa - cc with buttermilk (enough to loosen it a bit), s&P, and sliced green onion (maybe 2 to a lb container of cc). Very nice, especially with cured pork products.

[DrBruin]

I like to add some oil, salt, pepper, chopped tomatoes, and diced onions and I use toast as my utensil.

[sarahkap83]

I recently got braces on my top front 6 teeth last week and I'm having a hard time chewing. I got pretty tired of yogurt and pudding so today I got some cottage cheese and put fresh slicked strawberries on it. It was amazing! Why didn't I think of this before!?

[Sephiru]

I used to think everyone ate theirs with apple sauce and maybe a sprinkle of cinnamon like I do, before my friend looked at me like I was crazy.

[Stephanie Wong]

CC with a crumbled blue cheese (Stilton) and a few sprinkles of worcestershire sauce.

[BabsW]

Most often, I just eat it with a spoon straight out of the container. lol

Sometimes I'll actually use a bowl and add chopped cucumber and dill. Also good is chopped tomatoes and a sprinkle or basil and oregano.

[Moedelestrie]

The spring horseradish crop is in and a neighbour just brought us a couple of freshly made jars of sinus clearing wonderfulness. Vermont cottage cheese, a baguette from our local bakery and a couple of tablespoons of fresh horseradish. Life is good.

[cathodetube]

What a brilliant idea. I used to combine horseradish and English mustard to garnish wholewheat rolls covered with various grated vegetables like beets, tomatoes, carrots, lettuce and onion. Thanks for the reminder.

[alkapal]

i thought that breakstone would be a good cottage cheese (from recollection), but i wasn't happy with that last week, today i bought "organic valley," (at $4.59 for a stinkin' little 8 oz. tub!) and it was just the same!

hey, who has a good tart, creamy non-guar-gum cottage cheese? maybe i have to go to "daisy" brand? do they have non-wanted veg gums? is "light and lively" still any good?

what in the heck happened to decent cottage cheese, i cry!

[goodhealthgourmet]

Friendship. no contest.

http://www.friendshipdairies.com/prod...

[alkapal]

great to know, ghg. i see that it is carried by "giant" in the dc metro area! thanks very much.

[goodhealthgourmet]

hope you enjoy it! i really wish it was more readily available out here. WF is the only place that carries it here in CA, and their markup is OBSCENE - i *refuse* to pay them $5 for a container of cottage cheese!

[sueatmo]

Nancy's Cottage Cheese at WF is more natural, and is quite tart. It is also slightly lower in carbs, so that is what I choose. There is an organic and a regular.

[SloCoChef]

The best on earth used to be Michigan Brand Cottage Cheese - the small curd was so thick ~ stodgy thick - which gave it a cult following - after you ate that brand you were spoiled for life and nothing else will suffice - But I friended them on FB and it seems that now they've cheapened it and there are many recent complaints that it's now soupy and runny like all the other brands -- what a shame. I really do not like the gummy kinds either - Nowaday's I buy Kroger brand which is Fry's here in AZ.... Don't like any of the others - too gummy.

[annarhoswen]

I recently picked up Daisy brand, and the only "other" ingredient is Vitamin A Palmitate. Their 4% small curd is ridiculously thick - it was almost like yogurt!

[gigglbx]

I used to always put it in spaghetti with meat sauce to cut the acidity of the sauce. Sometimes I would take the leftovers of pasta, sauce, and cc and make a sandwich with it. It was a poor-mans version of lasagna.

Now I love it with any canned fruit. I have tried the apple butter thing and that lasted about 2 times before I decided it wasn't for me. I do enjoy it with orange marmalade.

I look forward to trying it as a dip with some Ranch seasoning. There was also a recipe for cream of tomato soup in the post. I will also try that.

[stanleytapp]

Cottage Cheese Nachos is ma favorite dish. Cottage cheese with tomato, beef, pepper, cream and cheese tortilla chips...wow..sounds great.

[dragonflycait]

When I posted that I like a hot red pepper jam on top, I forgot to mention how my Mom made it. She would dice up some sweet onion, and put the onion in several changes of cold water to remove the sulphur, and then put the drained, diced onion in with the cottage cheese. One of my Dad's favourite ways to eat it.
I imagine that if you diced a scallion it would be the same. just with that gorgeous green added to it.

[TheMuppet]

Peanut Butter, Strawberry Yogurt, and Cottage Cheese--I DARE YOU!! And if you don't like it, don't come crying back to me! I know nothin about nothin!

[goodhealthgourmet]

nothing strange there! replace the yogurt with fruit preserves and you've got one of my favorites.

[Whinerdiner]

I haven't read all the posts, just skimmed, so If someone has already mentioned this, sorry.

I love pumpkin mash with a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg over cottage cheese. It works with yogurt, too, but the cc has more texture. So good. You can buy it canned at the market in the baking section.

[jlhinwa]

Love it with french cut green beans and salsa. I think I arrived at that combination when I was doing Weight Watchers years ago and realized I could get a lot of mileage out of a half cup of cottage cheese if I bulked it up with the beans and salsa. Turned out to be a new taste sensation for me.

[dragonflycait]

I haven't gone through all the posts yet, just saw this in passing, but my favourite way is to put a nice hot pepper jam on it! the sweetness and spicyness of the jam is a good combo with the cool, saltiness of the cottage cheese. Tastfully Simple makes a good jam product if you are interested. Or, just go to the grocery store and get a hot pepper jam. Jam is good on toast also.

[YAYME]

Crushed garlic lemon juice and pepper.

[eclecticsynergy]

My preferred brand is Crowley's Large Curd. Nice texture, not slimy. Good sweet taste, not at all sour as with some other brands. I usually look for an older batch (one that expires sooner) because it's a bit firmer that way. Once I get it home it's always eaten within a couple of days anyhow.

[labtech]

My very favorite kind is Friendship Pot Cheese style. It's almost impossible to find here in the Orlando area. Every once in awhile Publix will special order for me.

[masterkeys]

In all honesty, I can only eat ONE brand of CC. Foremost is the creamiest I've had. All other brands are too thick. Sad thing is that I can only get it at Wal*Mart and the Commissary on Base here in Louisiana. Nowhere else. =(

[masterkeys]

Update: They don't make my brand anymore. Or at least, I can't find it anywhere. =( I've been without it for about 2 months now.

[alkapal]

i recall foremost….from winn-dixie back in the 70s. you don't like breakstone?

[napolean]

I'm a huge cheese fan and Cottage Cheese is at the top with great artisan/imported cheeses! I would say I have three favorites:

3/ fresh decker melon and black pepper
2/ heirloom tomatoes and black pepper
1/ PICKLED BEETS---my all time fave

[Neecies]

Treat it like a caprese: diced tomatoes with salt and pepper, some EVOO and basil if you've got it.

[nillywilly]

haha..and Oh my .. what a surprise!
This is a very long and most entertaining post!

I expected to find 10 or 20 suggestions.. for mixing things with cottage cheese !!

I had no idea so many imaginative people love this stuff as much (as I do)

Well I have no worry of getting bored with it now !!
I can't wait to try some of these entertaining combinations as time allows.
Thanks !!
Myself I am still in love with a chidlhood favorite (from my Russian mom) that was
perogies with cottage cheese.

It seems about the only thing not mixable with this 'cheese' is maybe beer or whiskey..
and I am not sure about the whiskey.

Cheers to all !! (-;

[yayadave]

Agave flavored cottage cheese?

[alkapal]

yaya, i'm sure some have tried it. others i'll bet have tried it with sweet n' low.

[goodhealthgourmet]

alka, i can't figure out if you're being cheeky...i'm pretty sure yayadave meant tequila, in reference to the "beer or whiskey" comment :)

[alkapal]

ha ha! i thought everyone was into this agave sweetener stuff these days. right?

i don't like agave nectar, but do fancy a tequila shot once every thirty years or so....

yaya *was* probably riffing on the whisky comment made by nillywilly, now that you point that out. i'll blame my lack of attention on the levaquin that i'm taking for some weird sinus infection!

[yayadave]

There may be a cure for "some weird sinus infection!" consisting of liquid agave with a Yuengling chaser

[alkapal]

oh yaya! gyaaaack on that, but a good dose of bombay sapphire & tonic with a big squeeze of lime should take care of it in the future. medicinal botanicals, you see! ;-).

[dragonflycait]

Oh, be still my beating heart! Perogies with cottage cheese? Just like my Little Polish Mom made! She served hers boiled, then fried them in butter, or, served them boiled and added to the plate with butter melted until browned with added crushed saltines into the butter. Yumm!
Daughter #1 made us some recently, and my favourite from her was a sweet onion/cabbage variety. Makes me hungry just to think of them. The cooking expertise has, unfortunately, skipped a generation. I am a lousy cook, but in my defense, I forgot how since I have no working stove. Oven yes, electric skillet yes, microwave yes. Stove top, no. It has been so long, I forgot how to cook. Yes it has been over 5 years. Can't seem to get hubby to realize that a stove top is important for wife to have. Guess I can only hope the skillet dies, lol.

[yayadave]

Sweet onion/cabbage perogies sound a lot like halushki ravioli in brown butter sauce. Is that possible?

Pretend Chowhound has a ROFL icon!!

[laliz]

I love cottage cheese. My favorite is a scoop of cc topped with thousand island dressing and a heavy hand with the sunflower kernels. I could eat this every day.

[alkapal]

that used to be the topping for many an iceberg salad in my freshman year of college, when i fought to "opt out" of the university's cafeteria plan.

sunflower seeds' salty crunch plus the thousand island's pickly sweet make a good combo; adding the cottage cheese adds creaminess, and topping crunchy lettuce, it is a pretty lowfat (depending on the amount of TI dressing, of course) and satisfying salad.

[masterkeys]

Am I the only one that likes to eat cottage cheese by itself? To be quite honest, I even eat it straight out of the container sometimes. Lol.

[alkapal]

yep, i'll eat it straight up!

[Tripeler]

Agreed. Having cottage cheese straight is probably one of my favorite ways of eating it.

[hamboney]

1. Salsa
2. garlic powder
3. corn
4. Peas and mushrooms

[hymncat]

kind of negates some of the health benefits, but I love real maple syrup on cottage cheese.

[DishDelish]

at least it is all natural. :)

[julesrules]

It's almost time for a seasonal favourite originally inspired by this thread....
Cottage cheese, Tobasco or other hot sauce, and clementine segments. If you like sweet, salty and spicy combos, this is a must-try ! Might also work with canned mandarins but I haven't tried that.

[coconutgoddess]

I am a savory cottage cheese eater. I like a little salt if needed, cracked pepper, and usually some sort of bread or cracker to scoop it up with. I even like it on bagels when cream cheese is gone.

[eclecticsynergy]

Alpine Village Inn Seasoned Cottage Cheese (side dish or dip) recipe here:

http://www.recipelink.com/mf/31/35330

[tracylee]

Thanks! I have an empty bottle of seasoning that I bought from them years ago, but it just lists the ingredients, not the proportions.

[goodsignz]

If you have a panini maker or even just a foreman grill try cooked ground beef, pasta sauce and cottage cheese.

[Leepa]

Is this a sandwich? If it isn't, I'd expect to have a big mess on my hands.

[goodsignz]

While eating a dry london broil steak and potato dinner with cottage cheese on the side I found that it's good on steak. I also like flax seed oil as well.

[decolady]

I mix cottage cheese with ground flax seed and some flax seed oil, then spread it on whole wheat bread and toast it. Makes a great breakfast and an easy way to incorporate flax/flax oil into my diet.

Also have a recipe I found years ago for Calico Cottage Cheese. I don't even have the original anymore, but I liked the name. :-) Basically you grate or chop raw vegetables of choice (carrots, bell pepper, green onion, etc.) and fold into the cottage cheese. Season to taste and serve in a buttercrunch lettuce cup.

[crigg]

right now my fav is a blend of 50% cottage cheese an tart balkan yogurt mixed with, cinnamon, sugar, fresh chopped mint 2-3 tbsp chopped fruit, or a combination of, with orange zest grated in... my fruit right now is plumcot, like a huge crisp grape...

I also make it by sandwich-ing the above in dutch pannenkoek that has onion, back bacon and the flavor of cinnamon nutmeg and vanilla and maple syrup. trust me, delicious.

[alkapal]

fresh dill snipped on the cottage cheese, spooned onto the rosemary - olive oil or rye (or any) triscuits.

[bitsubeats]

I have an over abundance of tomatoes and cukes from the garden so I've been using both in cottage cheese with a generous helping of garlic powder, salt, and pepper.

Lately however I have been chopping up green olives stuffed with anchovies and adding them to my cottage cheese. The saltiness adds a great note to the creamy cottage cheese.

[natewrites]

Similar to the olives, I cut up fresh chives and throw them into the cottage cheese and let it sit a day or two. Amazing how it awakens it.

1. As a potato topper, especially after adding chives.

2. In college, I would put a blob of cottage cheese on top my spaghetti and red sauce to add protein but it was good tasting, too.

3. A scoop of cottage cheese on a thickly sliced good, garden tomato with lots of salt and pepper.

[J.e.m.]

With pineapple!
If it's for lunch or dinner, use with pasta and sauce. My aunt always put it in lasagna, and her lasagna was the best.
My favorite way to eat it is with pineapple chunks and juice, preferably fresh. Dry, not too salty, and a lot of pineapple. Canteloupe is a close second.

[mariacarmen]

chopped crisp bacon, chili pepper flakes and black pepper.

[Midlife]

There are a few posts here describing something like my favorite cottage cheese combo. As a kid I was told it was called a Spring Salad and I've had it at New York style delis, especially at Jewish dairy restaurants in New York. I'm not sure I make it exactly to spec, but I cut up cucumber, radish, tomatoes, green or red onions, and mix in cottage cheese and a little sour cream, with salt and pepper. I'll sometimes add in jicama and basil, but they weren't part of the real deal.

I remember Jerry's Famous Deli (in the LA area) having something like it on the menu........ I think they called it a Farmer's Salad. but the veggies were cut larger than I like and they skimped on the cottage cheese.

[mcf]

I LOVE that salad, but IIRC, it was traditionally made with farmer cheese or pot cheese, which is more dry? YUM.

[Passadumkeg]

The Gringo Breakfaast Burrito: Flour tortilla and fresh roasted green chiles. tuck, roll and nuke for a minute or so. Add avacado too if you wish.

[chef chicklet]

First of all I love Trader Joe's small curd cottage cheese, so creamy. Yesterday I made some fresh pico de gallo with my own garden tomatoes, cilantro, garlic, fresh like juice, oregano, s&p and jalapeno. Fresh crunchy celery. A scoop of celery on the stick, then add the salsa with a small spoon - heaven.

[alkapal]

chef c, that's a perfect summer snack.

you'd like this: i made some gazpacho with the summer tomatoes (quick blanched in hot water just to peel skin), but really gussied it up with extra cukes, garlic, cilantro, parsley, oregano, green onions, red wine vinegar, lime juice. wow, was it terrific (and not ultra smooth, but a tiny bit chunky). i just finished it today. ;-(. but it lasted very well in the fridge (in a baggie).
i should call it "the chilled summer garden" soup.

[alkapal]

i used bacon salt -- not much -- and made a "dip" for crackers.

[cwbbkg]

Even cottage cheese with a little jam. On toast. Actually when I was a kid I would experiment with spices on cottage cheese. I learned what to mix and not to mix. Reading all the "weird" combinations brought back great cottage cheese memories. Oh how about in a crepe? I make pancakes with cottage cheese when I run out of milk - delish

[grlwhoeats]

Pennsylvania Dutch/ Amish Apple Butter with cottage cheese, of course! Lancaster County, PA- it's a staple at just about every restaurant. Kitchen Kettle Village makes a great apple butter.

[absolince]

Oh and lots of pepper,celery salt and Old Bay!!!!!

[absolince]

CC in a bowl w/ CAN cut green beans w/ italian dressing on top.
CC in a bowl w/ tabasco.
CC pancakes w/ lemon juice and powdered sugar on top.

1, Friendship whipped small curd
1. Cabot country style

[shaebones]

Pastor Chuck's applesauce. You can find it in Midcoast Maine. OMG. I just had some for the first time. Sooo good!

[goodhealthgourmet]

i took a trip down memory lane this morning. i was craving cantaloupe yesterday so i went out and bought a beautiful, ripe Dulcinea...had some with cottage cheese and blueberries for breakfast today - total flashback to the diet plate at the diner and pool club when i was a kid!

[Riccardo]

Think of cottage cheese as a poor-man's cousin to ricotta and eat some with left-over marinara sauce. Sounds weird, I know, but it's good.

[DishDelish]

So funny, I was just going to comment on this again and say use in lasagna! lol. Even blend it a tad bit to make it smoother.

[flavrmeistr]

I like cottage chesse in my lasanga better than ricotta. It comes out nice and gooey and stringy, while ricotta can be kind of dry and mealy. Call me a philistine if you must.

[DishDelish]

I have met many people who share your opinion. :)

[eclecticsynergy]

For my lasagna tastes, a combination of both seems to yield better results than either one by itself...

[flavrmeistr]

A splendid suggestion!

[flavrmeistr]

Barbecued potato chips. Ruffles Barbecue Potato Chips.

[vafarmwife]

On top of brown beans with cornbread and onions

[mcf]

I like it next to a nice, fluffy serving of scrambled eggs, plenty of fresh cracked pepper and a bit of salt on each.

When I was little, I loved it mixed with spinach pastina.

[superfan]

I just bought cottage cheese last night, it's a staple in our refrigerator. I put fresh cracked pepper and fresh cracked salt on it followed by sliced bananas or fresh sliced pear. Mmmmm......

[soyarra]

I had it this way at an ancient New England inn (for the life of me I can't remember the name): Very cold dry-ish curd cottage cheese was mixed with lots of freshly minced chives and salt and pepper, and served with small garlic croutons (made from slices of a baguette brushed with garlic butter and toasted). Ridiculously simple, but one of the best starters I've ever eaten.

Oh, and as a kid I loved it scooped up in Fritos!

[cathodetube]

That sounds superb. Will recreate that asap. My mother used to serve us cottage cheese as a vegetable when we were kids and I used to like it with steak and mashed potatoes with sliced tomatoes on the side. Have no desire to eat it like that now!

[woodleyparkhound]

I like it with cut-up vegetables (spring onion, carrot, celery etc.) and lots of freshly ground pepper. I can't stand it with fruit or anything sweet.

[gnovi]

After 4 years of posts I am surprised not to have seen my favorite cc mix,green onion ,buttermilk,salt and pepper,served alone or with well done toast.

[Tripeler]

A little A1 steak sauce is good, as is Chipotle version Tabasco.

[DishDelish]

I love the Chipotle tobasco! I'll have to give that a try!

[Tripeler]

Cottage cheese just screams for heat, doesn't it?

[DishDelish]

I haven't tried it yet ... I still have to go buy my large Sams warehouse size cottage cheese. :) I will let you know how I like it then... I actually haven't ever put anything spicier than black pepper (which really isn't) on my cottage cheese, but I do love almost many of my foods spicy so I think I will love it. :)

[DishDelish]

Okay, I finally tried the Chipotle Tabasco and it is good! After the first bite it needed something though, and some fresh ground pepper did the trick. Thanks for this idea, I will be enjoying this again.

[tracylee]

I've been having CC with maple-almond granola mixed in pretty much every day for breakfast for the last month or so. Yummy!

For savory, nothing (used to) beat Las Vegas' Alpine Village Inn's CC Seasoning mix. I have an empty jar with ingredients listed, and I know someone posted relative amounts here on chowhound at some point. I just need to take the list to the store and pick up some of the items!

[numz]

If you like it with apples, you will LOVE it with applesauce! Yummy!!!!

[SanityRemoved]

Celery salt.

[eclecticsynergy]

Or celery seed and seasoned salt- I prefer Herbamare because every grain of salt contains the full herbal flavor...

[kmcowan]

SAUERKRAUT! OMG. Nothing sweet on my curds, thank you.

[biscuit]

I know no one else will say this but another CC -- "creamed corn." Sounds odd, but the contrast of textures and heat against cold is wonderful. Discovered it on accident as a kid and suddenly have a renewed craving.

[JerryMe]

oooh - a ton of fresh ground pepper OR pineapple. I love cottage cheese on the side. I prefer it to fries w/ a burger.

[johnlockedema]

I sprinkle green tabasco on cottage cheese.

[scottysauce]

not sure why so many people fund it weird or gross but bananas in cottage cheese are the best!!!

[kayehm]

Right now I'm eating cottage cheese with sliced, unsalted almonds and some "mixed peel" for a little sweetness. Sometimes I sub in apples and peanut butter - they all provide a great pre-bedtime snack because CC is a slow digesting protein and eating it before I go to bed lets me run in the morning without having to eat much breakfast pre-run.

[kubasd]

this post has been invading my mind for weeks, and i have had cottage cheese for like, 2+ meals a day the past couple days. with strawberry jam for breakfast yesterday, with tomato, scallions, salt and freshly ground pepper for dinner, and then with avocado and S&P for a late night snack. Then today? with pineapple chunks for lunch and snack, and for dinner? with those tiny canned shrimp, scallions, s&p. And then for a late night snack? again with avocado. I'm so hooked.

[Babyducks]

I scramble eggs with non fat cottage cheese.

[goodhealthgourmet]

i've eaten CC at least once pretty much every day for the past 15 years. LOVE the stuff! lately i've been eating it for breakfast with ground flax or chia, fresh blackberries or gingered blueberry compote, and almond butter or chopped nuts.

we're expecting major storms here in SD this week, so i think the shift in weather will call for a shift in flavors. maybe pumpkin & maple syrup, peanut butter and cinnamon...

on the savory end, sriracha is always great. or avocado with scallion, tomato, and s&p, maybe some chopped fresh herbs...

[DishDelish]

what do chia seeds taste like?

[goodhealthgourmet]

pretty neutral, actually. similar to flax seeds - just a hint of nuttiness.

[alkapal]

aren't they gritty?

do you sprout the chia, too?

ch-ch-ch-chia!

[goodhealthgourmet]

i confess, i sometimes sing "ch-ch-ch-chia" when i take them out :)

they're not gritty at all - the whole seeds have the texture of poppy seeds, and when ground, they're somewhere between ground flax and coarse almond meal...and no, i don't sprout them - i buy the whole seeds in bulk and grind them as i need them.

FWIW, i only buy organic seeds - this is one of those instances where i can absolutely justify paying a premium because aparently the seeds absorb a lot of the nutrients and other organic compounds from the soil in which they're grown.

[DishDelish]

I can't wait to try! If they are anything like flax, which I love, I know I will adore them! :) Can you find them in the warehouse?

[sjb5511]

sjb5511

My favorite way to eat cottage is 1/2 c. cottage, 1/4 c. tuna (water packed) and 1 tsp of horseradish (not the sauce). A slice of toast of some low cal crackers. It sounds weird but very good and a nice diet lunch.

[cathodetube]

Cottage cheese is really good in a toasted pita bread and mixed with chilli jam or red pepper jam. My favorite brand is English and it's called Longley. It's not available everywhere here but it is sublime. Usually available in health food type stores. David Lebovitz even mentioned it on his blog recently. I am surprised it is available in Paris. I believe that it is the best cottage cheese available in the UK. It's not sloppy, has a small curd and doesn't have any sour taste. After reading many different posts on here and on another thread I tried sauteeing onions and then added wholewheat noodles and cottage cheese. I also added lots of freshly ground black pepper and salt. Very comforting.

[Jacey]

Mix cc with a tbsp on pumpkin, pumpkin spice and a little maple syrup and/or sugar/splenda.

[alkapal]

hmmm, jacey, you might like to try trader joe's pumpkin butter like this. it's also dee-licious in oatmeal!

[enanochow]

Cottage cheese with fresh cracked pepper then topped with tahini, for you peple that like c.c with peanut butter. Try this on toasted sesame seed bagel. Top off the tahini with cayenne pepper. Perhaps try a couple slices of banana to the mix. Get creative!

[jomuk]

We prefer savory...
Cottage cheese with chopped summer garden tomatoes, chopped red onions, and (believe it, or not!) a couple of shakes of Frank's red hot sauce (I like mine with a shake of spicy Mrs. Dash, too).

Also great on buttered baked potatoes with all of your favorite toppings piled on (i.e. chopped onions, diced ham, bacon, a little grated cheddar...).

[classacts]

Saw the Frank's and couldn't resist -

I definitely have a cottage cheese eating disorder.. took me 4 years to FINALLY start liking it, now I can't eat enough..... I could easily eat 4lbs a day... but I limit myself to 1/4 -1/2lb a day..

My latest craze has been cottage cheese on toast with Sriracha - the Thai hot sauce on it.

I don't have Frank's but I bet it tastes great!

[DishDelish]

Ohhh, I am trying it. We (my hubby and I) finally found Franks in one of our local stores and we LOVE it!!

[classacts]

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Frank's but I think with cottage cheese it might be a little too bit vinegary. Mind you, I put A LOT of hotsauce on my food, and with cottage I think Sriracha is a good one.. on 1 slice of toast, I probably put 3 tablespoons of cottage cheese and 2 tablespoons of sriracha.

[eclecticsynergy]

Try cottage cheese with Frank's Chili Lime- you won't be sorry!

[DishDelish]

I've never heard of that ... i'll have to look now ... it sounds amazing. Thanks for the heads up! :)

[repartee]

With soy sauce!

[EWSflash]

Chiffonade (or cut to your desired size) some arugula, romaine, or escarole or a mixture of whatever you want, mound with cottage cheese, add a large spoonful of capers and another tablespoon or two to taste of the caper juice, a lot of pepper, and fly to heaven while eating.

[DishDelish]

Freshly ground black pepper. Mmmmm-mmm!!! That said, my hubby was convinced that he hated pepper when I married him and he thought he knew his taste buds extremely well because he worked in a restaurant and tasted many things. I tried to explain to him that fresh ground pepper is so much better than already ground and old pepper but it wasn't until sometime last year that he finally ended up having a taste of my cottage cheese with 3 peppercorns pepper freshly ground on top that he changed his mind. Now he eats it like that all the time. He also eats his eggs this way now. He still kind of thinks that the gourmet 3 peppercorn pepper makes the difference though. Who knows, maybe it does somewhat.

That said, I do also like pineapple or peaches or other fresh fruits when I don't opt for the pepper. This is very yummy as well.

[Gail]

If your enjoy pepper on cc, try lemon pepper...very good and simple for a quick breakfast.

[DishDelish]

Can you grind it fresh? It sounds interesting. =)

[Gail]

>>>www.penzeys.com<<<

You might find it here. I just buy Lawry's at my market.

[DishDelish]

They probably have it at mine. =) Will look next time I get groceries.

[yankeefan]

I am as big a fan of cottage cheese and was going to post that there really is NOTHING that does not go well with cottage cheese until a recent effort. I made some rolled out pizza dough and topped it with cottage cheese and homemade mango chutney and made little rollups. Wow, the combination was awful even when I flooded it with balsamic glaze.

Everything else I have tried with cottage cheese has been successful, personal favorites now being:

- with cashew butter
- on biscotti with malt vinegar
- on a soft pretzel loaded with salt and hot sauce
- simply with ketchup
- and of course, any salty potato chip, soy chip like product for dipping

[Tequilasunr1se]

The soft pretzel and hot sauce idea sounds great.
Someone up above said having it with meat loaf. Yeah.
Someone else said Kimchee, I don't know what that is, so I'm gonna google it.

[goodhealthgourmet]

kimchee or kimchi is spicy fermented cabbage - a traditional Korean condiment.

[DishDelish]

Ahh I didn't see your response already. =)

[DishDelish]

It is pickled Cabbage, very spicy, usually with onions and other add ons. Very yummy! It is A Korean food. Becoming very popular in America though.

[BeaN]

And boy is it good with cottage cheese!

[DishDelish]

I have never had it like this, but I sure will try now! =)

[yayadave]

In a related vein, cottage cheese is good with Halushki. That being cabbage and noodles.

[malibumike]

I love it with all the above mentioned mandarin oranges, pinapple, etc. Occasionally I take a small can of tuna and plop it on top of a bowl oc CC. It is also good with a small spoonful of mayonaise, and if you have some that is kind of dry mix it with a small amount of buttermilk, they compliment each other and you will never know the buttermilk is there.

[Tequilasunr1se]

That sounds good, malibumike. I came here looking for a variety of ideas, I usually will cut an avocado in half, put some lemon juice on it, put a mound of cottage cheese in the center where the seed was, maybe some salsa. There was a recipe that mixed jello with cottage cheese and something else, but I forget what, it was a dessert type dish, but I'm looking for something more ideas. I think it's a good replacement for sour cream when you want to dip your tortilla chips.

[leahzpw]

With Fresh Guacomole!!
I did a google search for cottage cheese to decide what to have for lunch today, and this blog was the first hit -
I tried it with the canned diced peaches - yum
then I found some super fresh guacamole (from Whole Foods, but easy to make: avocado, lemon juice, cilantro, a little red pepper slices, and salt) in the fridge and tried it with the cottage cheese - DELICIOUS

[helenabk]

Pesto! a bit of black pepper, sea salt and chopped tomatoes if you have them on hand. yum.

[pgmrdan]

I dump Sriracha hot sauce on it and stir them together. Delicious.

[mshaff]

Wow, there are so many replies! Ok, top three: 1. one part cottage cheese, one part applesauce. Don't mix them - leave them side-by-side - and take spoonfulls with both flavors at once. 2. FRESH peaches. I don't know why everyone has listed canned, but in the summer, this is amazing. Also fresh Comice pears. 3. This is my #1 snack/lunch: rice cakes with cottage cheese and avocado on top. This is the most amazing combination. Seriously, try it! :)

[piccola]

Love the cottage cheese + avocado combo, though usually eat it on crispbread.

[kubasd]

definitely! especially with liberal application of freshly ground S&P :-)

[leslie0309]

Cottage cheese; finely shredded mozzarella cheese & Spaghetti sauce or marinara sauce (from biggest loser cookbook)

[bermudagourmetgoddess]

I am eating with tomatoes and pumpkin seeds with pepper right now!

[grabtrees]

classic peaches or pineapple :)

[DishDelish]

Oh yes, this is very good. I do this sometimes when I am out of Parmesan cheese or if I just want extra creaminess with my spaghetti.

[c oliver]

On top of a baked potato with a little lemon pepper.

[BeaN]

I can't believe that no one has said this already: kimchee with cottage cheese. Mmm, mmm, good!

[umbushi plum]

my mother went through a phase of having cottage cheese with tuna in oil every day for lunch but it is sooo nice it is also very good with green olives and avacado tomato etc and its great on some wholegrain toast

[mkmccp]

Black pepper. Even back in high school I would get the weird looks as I doused my cc with pepper. I just purchased some a few hours ago to try the cc& apple butter combo-0 yum. I bought fat free, a mistake b/c it has this slimy kind of mouth feel to it that I don't like. Gimme my 2% cc or full fat. Still, the apple butter thing is a winner.

[kirkj]

I recently had the Cheesecake Factory's Meatloaf and was floored by how good it was, so I looked for a recipe. I found many sites with the same recipe, and it contained COTTAGE CHEESE! What a surprise.

http://meemoskitchen.blogspot.com/200...

[shaebones]

I mix it w TJ's apricot jam and spread it on a toasted cinammon bagel or mix it w jam , fresh fruit salad and have it w Tj's cranberry crisp crackers.

[lindsley]

Cottage cheese with a dollop of grainy brown mustard, black pepper and chopped green onions...perfection...although maybe not for breakfast!

[ChrisOC]

Layer some apple sauce on top of the cottage cheese then sprinkle with wheat germ.
Very good, very healthy.

[Passadumkeg]

Our usual week day breakfast: cottaage cheese on top of sliced banana, a 1/4 cup rolled oats ( a dollop of organic peanut butter if I feel like it.), what ever fruit is on sale, apple, pear, strawberries, blueberries, peach etc. topped w/ pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds and a big Brazil nut stuck in the middle, topped w/ red grapes! The Minnesota Sundae!

[alkapal]

chopped fresh summer tomatoes and lawrey's seasoned salt.

[green56]

Cottage cheese in my chili: Thick, not runny chili piled up the sides of the bowl leaving a depression for the cottage cheese. Then take combo spoonfuls!

Cottage cheese piled on my spagethii.

Penezy's and their Fox Point was mentioned. Very good. So is Chinese Five Spice Powder.

Cottage cheese on my med-rare steak. On my potatoe. Cottage cheese definitely in tomato soup - with Velvetta also!

And just about almost every way previously mentioned.

[Jewels385]

I like to eat canned peaches with it. I have also used cottage cheese as my dressing on a salad or at least an addition, and I also like this combo of cottage cheese, shredded cheese (marble/jack) and sliced tomatoes in a bowl all mixed together! Healthy and de-lish!

[crigg]

You must eat it with onion powder, dijon, cilantro and pepper in it! Then chill it to a very low freezer temperature.... mmm. Like kitkats frozen. So good :)

[TIKATIGER]

I love to eat cottage cheese with tabouli.

[azuider]

Mix 1 can of tuna with 1 whole grated carrot, a little bit of chopped onion, 1 tablespoon of spicy brown mustard and 1/2 cup of cottage cheese. This is the most amazing and lean tuna salad that I have ever had! LOVE IT : )

[Sean]

My mother used to make this awesome, low-fat version of chicken pot pie using cottage cheese as the filling...

[avena]

Ohhh can you get the recipe from her and post it on the recipe board? I'm intrigued.

[toodie jane]

great idea--thanks for passing it on!

[Smileelisa]

I cook up some angel hair pasta and toss it in a pan with some melted butter and mix in the cottage cheese just till it starts to melt.

[msciara]

I love cottage cheese (especially in pancakes, as faux rice pudding, and pureed with sweetener, lemon, vanilla and crumbled graham crackers), but this totally blew my mind:

Cottage Cheese Ice Cream: http://www.sugoodsweets.com/blog/2007/09/cottagecheese-icecream/

Slashfood even has a post on it: http://www.slashfood.com/2007/09/17/i...

[Kinnexa]

Mixed with hot egg noodles and steamed cabbage, with caraway seeds and plenty of freshly ground black pepper.

Chilled, with Grape-Nuts, salted sunflower seeds, black pepper, maybe fresh dill or chives. Mmmm!

[sesquiped]

How about niter kebbeh? This HAS to be one of the best things EVER.

[Chef Casper]

I diden't take the time to read this entire thread, so I dont know if someone has suggested this already, but Cottage cheese is absolutly devine with mashed or sliced avocado in it.
It plays on the texture and adds a deeper flavour, really good.

[Morticia]

Interesting reading all of these cottage cheese posts...! Many of the ideas sound intriguing, but I have never been able to eat cottage cheese, no matter how it was served. A real pity, as I could stand to lose several pounds, and am a vegetarian, so cottage cheese always appeals to me...IN THEORY.

[marthasway]

Lunch today included cottage cheese, the ever popular honey, and shoestring potatoes--the kind in the can. It was just right, although I'm sure crushed potato chips would be okay too.

[EWSflash]

put fdown romaine and arugula, slap on some cottage cheese, and put a bunch of capers on top. Drizzle some of the caper brine on top and you're good to go.

[tusti]

Take a mixture of cottage cheese and grape jelly and spoon it across the middle of a Swedish pancake, roll it up like a cigarette and have at it. :>)

[amac123]

mix cottage cheese with some applesauce and cinnamon, or throw in thawed frozen berries (or fresh i suppose, if you have them) and drizzle with honey!

[dharmajo]

i like to toast a piece of whole grain bread, spread it with cottage cheese, top with banana slices and drizzle honey on top.

[donandjim]

I like to bake a sweet potato, put a little butter on it (optional), top with a scoop of cottage cheese, and sprinkle with sunflower seeds and salt & pepper. Sounds strange to most people but believe it or not it's very good.

[burritobelle]

Just plain. A virgin spoonful. Its one of the few foods I can think of that I like better without any condiments or spices.

Cottage cheese is also a great lasagna ingredient.

[mollydingle]

Bacon bits and chopped olives.

[oliveloaf]

I love it with spanish olives!

[avena]

I make a blintz! I love making crepes, so I wrap up some cottage cheese and fruit preserves in the fresh crepe, and voilà! So yummy. I need to try some of the savory methods on this board. Some sound very good...and some sound odd. To each is own.

[hiiiitsgen]

mix some fruit cocktail (i take out the grapes) and marshmallows into cherry jello about an hour into refrigeration, wait until the jello is done of course and i trust this is a delicious pair for cottage cheese!

[boogiebaby]

I like it on toast or on a toasted onion bagel, sprinkled with salt and a healthy dose of pepper. Sometimes I'll add some thin sliced ham and some thinly sliced onion.

[howboy]

Chopped: onion, tomato, cucumber, radish. Lots of Kosher salt and coarse ground black pepper. Yummers.

[Gail]

OMG, with thinly sliced avocado and Lawrey's season salt.
A Cal Gal...

[Cookiepants]

I love the small curd cottage cheese, plain or maybe with some pepper in a bowl. I love to enjoy with fresh veggies and crackers and cold cuts and some cheese on the side. I used to eat a lot of sour cream mixed with a pack of lipton vegetable soup mix to make a dip. If you let it sit for a few hours the veggies in the soup mix get better. I wonder how this dip would be made with cottage cheese? Yogurt would probably work better on account of the curds.

[Deepster]

Ooops! Goofed before, I think.....I am a definite LOVER of cottage cheese, and like it best with chunk/crushed pineapple, or cantaloupe. EXQUISITE with a grind of black pepper!

[Mollie10013]

Prezals! Sometimes I add ketchup not too gross you out! :-) Go Steelers!!!

[Deepster]

I am definitely a cottage cheese lover! Best when mixed with pineapple chuncks/crushed, or cataloupe, and a generous grind of black pepper!

[Jacey]

My new cottage cheese fix is a half a cup of CC, a tbsp on pumpkin puree, a few drops of maple syrup, lots of pumkin pie spice and some splenda...mix all together and it tastes like pumpkin pie cheesecake.

[liveloveat34]

for years i have been eating cc with diced banana- cut into fourths lengthwise and sliced through as a base for any other additions. to this i have added any small berries on hand or grapes. it also goes well with granola. so versatile on its own or with the addition of something fresh and crunchy. great breakfast or anytime snack

[torty]

Mixed a heaping tablespoon into my mug of kabocha squash soup and was surprised. It sort of melted- gooey strands and added texture. This was non-fat, so I was even more surprised that it seemed to add richness.

[deb61]

Cottage cheese with Apple Butter! Yum...You can toast a piece of bread and put the cottage cheese then top with apple butter. Or just eat the cottage cheese with the apple butter alone.

[sasswell]

I like finely sliced fresh basil and cracked pepper. Let the flavors meld overnight. If you can get a hold of Cowgirl Creamery's cottage cheese, do indulge. It's richer since the curds are bound with creme fraiche. Wonderful stuff.

[chefbeth]

With cashews or sunflower seeds sprinkled on it.

Definitely best when eaten with potato chips!

[chefstu]

I used to love to eat it drizzled with Kraft Catilina French dressing.

[Mestralle]

I realize that this is a very old thread, and I honestly didn't read the whole thing, but I did see it was reactivated lately, so I figure it's fair game:

My father, not a gourmet by any stretch of the imagination (though he did have his moments back in the day), turned me on to French dressing on cottage cheese. He used to ask for it in restaurants in leiu of a salad.

To this day I still do that. My husband doesn't eat cottage cheese, so I just dump the desired amount straight into the carton and keep it in the fridge. It is NOT appetizing to look at when it's all mixed up, but it sure is tasty.

And you're the first person I've ever heard of who does this outside of our family!

[liu]

Mestralle...this sounds good!
What ratio suits your palate? I think I might like just a little to keep the calorie count down.

[Mestralle]

Gosh, I never really thought about the amount. I guess I'd say that with the dressing I use (either Wishbone Sweet and Spicy French or a Kraft Catalina), I usually end up with the about the color of a pumpkin. Sorry I can't be more specific. I usually use light versions of the dressing, as well, although I can't stand fat-free dressing of any sort.

[eclecticsynergy]

I've loved cottage cheese with Catalina dressing since the early 70s; got me through many boarding school lunches. Still eat it that way, only now it's on a bed of field greens...

[paloucsd]

cottage cheese with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar

[goodhealthgourmet]

i practically live on the stuff and i love using it in a lot of the ways already mentioned, so i'll stick to my own unique preparations i haven't seen on this post yet.

nuke some frozen berries until they release their juices, mix the berries & the juice into the cottage cheese along with ground flaxseed and/or your favorite high-fiber/whole-grain cereal. add a little sweetener if needed, and mix it all up. stick it in the fridge for at least 30 minutes so the cereal absorbs some liquid & it all thickens up.

mix with canned pumpkin, some pumkin pie spice [or your own combo of cinamon, cardamom, nutmeg, ginger, etc.] and a drizzle of maple syrup or a sprinkling of maple sugar. nuke until heated through.

in a skillet with cooked noodles: mix 1/2 cup cc with a couple of tablespoons of lowfat sour cream, season with paprika, cracked pepper, a splash of red wine vinegar & hot sauce to taste...toss until heated through & top with grated parmesan.

puree with white beans, garlic, salt, pepper & herbs to make a dip.

blend into hummus for creamier texture.

and two i haven't tried yet that were inspired by reading some of the great ideas posted earlier...combine with almond butter, cinnamon, cardamom, chopped dried figs, ground flax, and a drizzle of agave nectar...or with peanut butter, flax, sliced banana, cinnamon & honey.

[yankeefan]

never thought of the pumpkin but it sounds like a great idea: Im going to try the cottage cheese with pumpkin, good maple syrup and graham crackers. thanks for the inspiration.

highly recommend trying it out with fresh figs. my personal favorite.

[goodhealthgourmet]

LOVE it with fresh figs, i'm just more likely to have dried on hand at a given moment.

i hope you enjoy it with pumpkin, it should be perfect with graham crackers. it just so happens that i got the initial inspiration for it from a pumpkin tart that i make with a graham crust.

great minds...

:)

[goodhealthgourmet]

bonus! one of my ingredients suppliers [i have a food business] just sent me samples of fig paste, fig slurry, AND diced mission figs. what a great excuse to eat a lot of yogurt and cottage cheese :)

[yankeefan]

did not have figs or pumpkin tonight unfortunately (thought I had both). Instead I had a huge bowl of cottage cheese with sliced overripe mango and good earth brand mango/peach fruit crisps. it was awesome.

[fallingup]

blending into hummus...thats a great idea! I usually blend plain yogurt into my hummus for a tangier dip. cottage cheese sounds even better!

[Olallieberry]

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned cottage cheese with paprika; growing up it was either that or with fruit cocktail, I thought it was the normal way to eat cottage cheese! Anyway I'll still eat a spoonful or two of cottage cheese sprinkled with paprika as an afternoon snack every now and then- yum!

[tatertotsrock]

I love to mix it with APPLESAUCE!!! YUM.

[jessicheese]

Growing up, my nana always made egg noodles with cottage cheese. As an adult I started adding onion powder, or finely diced onions, and black pepper.
I remember how weird it was when I found out that no one else ate this dish on a regular basis.....

[Joani Macaroni]

On top of a waffle or pancakes with fresh nectarines or peaches. Skip the syrup and butter/marg, and save all the calories. Yummers!

[Jacey]

When I have a sweet tooth, I mix CC with some splenda, cinnamon, PB2, strawberry jelly and a few squirts of maple syrup. Absolutely delicious combo. It's better than most desserts and healthy!

[jpmcdnj]

i love it savory - when it's really cold topped with raw cashews or roasted, salted almonds. also great sweet/savory with banana.

[duckduck]

Topped with shredded cheddar cheese and thousand island dressing
Topped with sweet hot chili sauce or
Side by side served cold with warm bbq baked beans

[Kitzy]

YES! Cottage cheese and baked beans rocks.

Also cc with chopped granny smith, dark brown sugar and toasted walnuts is just about the best breakfast going.

[yankeefan]

Cottage Cheese + BBQ Krinkle Potato Chips + Ketchup + Hot Sauce.

[foodperv]

i like it with any canned fruit fruit cocktail etc just drain it well though
or finely chopped onion WOW never tried honey i am going to do that one thanks

[Anita Drink]

My fave is spread on whole wheate bread. But I also like to use it as a substitute for cheese and salad dressing. I will have a romaine salad with grilled chicken and a big scoop of cottage cheese. Or I'll have whole wheat tortillas filled with grilled chicken and cottage cheese; slightly heated. After reading other posts, I am anxious to try it on turkey dogs and burgers!

[isfKYCCP]

Hot dogs, cottage cheese and ketchup.
I swear.
Try it.

[KaimukiMan]

I like it best with pineapple, or second with canned pears. Grandma used to eat it with lots of sugar - and I do mean LOTS. I also remember her eating it with bacon a few times.

[vvvindaloo]

1. with berries and balsamic
2. on toast with sliced tomato, salt, pepper

[JLF]

Fritos on the side. Original Fritos. The salt and the crunch are a great compliment to the cottage cheese (small curd, of course).

[Emme]

My ex adored Wheat Thins scooped with Cottage Cheese... same saltiness compliment.

[Pakkai]

Dipping Chile Cheese Fritos with cottage cheese or sour cream. Oh My God!
Their goes the diet.

[steeltowngrl]

My favorite snack - cottage cheese with olives, especially the green garlic ones from Whole Foods, and croutons topped with Italian or balsamic salad dressing.

[nosey]

From a restaurant in Vermont-CC with horseradish and small bits of carrot on Vermont saltines. Growing up, my sister ate lots of cc with 1000 Island dressing on it.

[SweetPhyl]

with fresh fruit...especially strawberries with balsamic and fresh black pepper

on toast with cinnamon and splenda

just had it with a tomato and cucumber salad with s&p and cider vinegar

with Ruffles potato chips as a dip

with saltines

on top of spaghetti with red sauce

on a baked potato

mixed in jello saald with lime Jello, crushed pineapple, miracle whip and horseradish...I actually crave this one at times.

[susique333]

I love cottage cheese with anything tomato. Adding it to hot tomato soup is delish, also pouring a little V8 in it (in a bowl) is yummy too! I ditto the person who said pizza and C C!

[wino22]

diced fresh mango AND diced avocado AND cinnamon AND Tabasco

with grated carrots and slivered canned beets

mixed into hot oatmeal OR mashed potatoes

mixed with ricotta cheese for baked pasta dishes

reading all of these posts is making me really crave cottage cheese.

[jinet12]

Don't know why, but this has always been one of my favorite foods..I like it topped with cheddar cheese and some Tabasco...Love it with small diced raw veggies inside...My last pregnancy, I craved it continually, and ate in on Wheat Thins....For me, it is a great comfort food....

[ekammin]

Topped with sour cream, salt and pepper. Cottage cheese is not a sweet food, so no sugar, fruit, etc.

[taryn]

my mom makes it with chopped hard boiled egg, chopped green pepper and lots of black pepper. I wonder now if it was a diet recipe for egg salad using cottage cheese instead of mayo? Anyway, it is delicious, especially with crackers.

[chriyoung]

Sorry....I said grated onion above when I meant finely chopped onion. I'm sure it would be good either way but I like the crunch of the chopped onion.

[chriyoung]

Seriously, this is really great but sounds weird. Mix one container of cottage cheese with some grated fresh sweet onion, about 1-2 TBS, and then stir in about 1-2 TBS of good quality Mayo. Mix it up and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. It's better the next day. I know this sounds strange but this recipe has been in my family for a couple of generations , usually served with fresh sliced tomatoes. It's yummy. I know...the mayo doesn't make it lo cal but it's also good without the mayo, just the diced sweet onion but try it first with the mayo. I'd like to know if anyone else has ever heard of this recipe. Enjoy!

[Bostonbob3]

Sardines and Tabasco, mixed right into the tub.

Breakfast of champions.

[tvdxer]

As silly and unsophisticated as this sounds, I've found it to be delicious with cheap red-sauce Italian-American food, e.g. ravioli (from a frozen package) in tomato sauce.

[lgoodwood]

Two I haven't seen so far:
1.spread on a toasted english muffin with honey and sliced strawberries...kinda like a danish without all the fat
2.and my favorite: sprinkled with Pico de Gallo (not the salsa, but a Mexican spice blend with citrus and chiles) delicious.

[ekammin]

Topped with sour cream, salt and pepper.

[Bunson]

Growing up the only thing I had with cottage cheese was canned pinapple, but now I've branched out to canned peaches and mandarin oranges...still canned though, but so tasty, especially with the juice from the can mixed in.

[Lynnemarie4]

Broiled hamburger pattie (no bun), scoop cc, iceberg lettuce leaves, sliced tomato, salt & pepper.......yummo

[Jill Brazil]

With a very ripe papaya --- or a very ripe persimmon.

or -- as an omelette filling. Mix a few tablespoons of cottage cheese - with a little honey and cinnamon. When the omelette sets a little put the filling in the center and fold over -- cook for a minute or two more...and slide on a plate. Sprinkle with a little sea salt.
This tastes a little like a cheese blintz.

[jword2001]

Wow lots of interesting ideas, but i guess mine is kinda weird ,my grandmother taught me to eat it with fruit pies,she claimed it was a German thing, apple(hers was made different from another i have tasted),blueberry apricot,peach,but the two kings were always cherry,or rhubarb, there is something about the cottage cheese with the sweet/tartness of the pies that is mind numbingly good!, i much prefer cc to ice cream with fruit pie.

[Melissavina]

"Apple pie without the cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze."

My grandma said that all the time, but she meant cheddar, not cottage.
I'll bet it's good though.

Mmmm, rhubarb pie. I haven't had a slice in years!

[PhoebeB]

One of the mysteries of life is why all I ever find on menus anymore is strawberry/rhubarb pie when plain old rhubarb pie is so much better! I love rhubarb in any form.

And I agree w/your grandma re: apple pie and cheese. I grew up in Texas where it's always eaten a la mode, but the first time I tasted it with sharp cheddar I was converted.

[izzizzi]

Two ways I use cottage cheese regularly:

1.) Add a dollop to eggs before you scrable them and it makes them really creamy and delicious.

2.) Tuna Melts: Can of tuna, onion, capers, relish, mustard, celery seed, celery, and cottage cheese. Put on top of english muffins (I like whole wheat), top with grated cheese and put under the broiler. The cottage cheese is better than mayonnaise because it melts and is gooier with less fat.

[Faraway11]

With pizza. Something about the tomato sauce and the dairy. Mmm.

[soopling]

I only buy the whipped kind (Friendship brand) as I'm not so into the texture of regular cottage cheese. Two ways:

1. with lemon juice and chopped fresh dill weed mixed in (good as a dip for veggies, or spread on pita/toast/bagel/etc)
2. pancakes: the batter is lots of finely chopped onion, a cup of almond meal, one or two eggs, and one tub cottage cheese. I think this was some Atkins or other diet recipe for people watching their carb intake.

[faijay]

Practically anything--hold the cottage cheese. I have despised it since childhood and watch in amazement as the majority of the population seems to like it. To me it tastes like ground chalk and the texture gives me the willies. Chaque a son goute.

[liu]

Have you tried various brands? Some are better than others, for sure.

But perhaps many of us don't love it either and that is why we find 125 ways to disguise it or use it as a carrier!

[DishDelish]

I agree with you. I have had some nasty brands of cottage cheese, and also some delicious ones, =)

[PhoebeB]

I agreed with you for years until I tasted Cabot's Vermont (full fat) cottage cheese. It has the delicate but distinct flavor missing in 99% of the commercial brands.

A health food store in Dallas served what they called a "Protein Plate", and with one of their incredibly strawberry-tasting "Tutti-Fruttis" (fruit smoothie), it was my favorite away-from-home lunch for years and I make my own version of it occasionally.

It was a big scoop each of tuna salad, egg salad, cottage cheese on a bed of butter lettuce, topped with a thin yoghurt dressing and a generous sprinkling of sprouts, a couple of wheat crackers on the side.

I posted on the "canned salmon" thread that a favorite cold plate is a whole small can of pink or red salmon topped w/Hellman's mayo and chopped chives or scallions, a big dip of Cabot's cc, a sliced really good tomato.

Cottage cheese pancakes are just flat to die for, BTW. And order from Penzey's a bottle of their Fox Point Seasoning: shallots/green peppercorns/chives/parsley/garlic. I'd never in my life used a shaker "seasoning blend" of any kind until I tried it. It is magic on pork/chicken/veggies of any kind/chicken & tuna salad, cottage cheese........

[Freida]

I find there's a huge variation in quality, even between containers of the same brand and date. So my husband buys cottage cheese every week, I taste it, and if I like it I have a bowl. I hate it when it has that weird sharp, almost sour taste.

If it's good, I eat it either plain or with black pepper and prunes, and peanut butter toast on the side.

[scubadoo97]

As a kid one of my cousins turned me on to this and I've loved it ever since. Cottage cheese with lots of black pepper and EVOO.

[the.crump]

as richard nixon did---with catsup !!

[taco]

well I like to have mine with a little cracked black pepper and cherry tomatoes oh and a bit of salt. mmmm thats how Ive been doing it for years.

[jazzlover]

Not a big CC fan, but again when dieting.... I pretty much can only eat savory versions. For quick & easy - Lawry's Seasoned Salt. Also, fairly edible done up kind of like raita: chopped cucumber, green onions, black pepper and a just a little garlic. Of course, I would probably eat cardboard with garlic on it.

Love this post - got some great ideas!

[MGC]

117 replies so far and no one has mentioned orange marmalade -- particularly the slightly bitter Scottich variety....

[danhole]

I like it plain with some Morton's Nature's Seasoning, and dill weed! I bring it home and mix it up then I add to it as needed. To fancy it up I add whatever fresh fruit I have on hand, along with the seasonings. It's also really good with tomatoes and lettuce. My mom used to mix it with jello along with some miracle whip - not too bad.

[Oh Robin]

Salt, pepper and Ritz crackers. Okay, now I've planned my dinner.

[jujuthomas]

my mother makes peanut butter, jelly and cottage cheese sandwiches.

[Wanda]

For something really healthy but also really tasty and filling, I recommend cottage cheese with baked yam or sweet potato. Bake up a few potatoes in the oven (don't microwave them--yech--if it's hot do it in early morning)--just plunge a few holes and bake at 400-450 for about an hour, depending on size. Then keep them in aluminum foil in your fridge. Warm the halves as needed in a microwave.

Some cooked leaf spinach with this is also good, and makes it even healthier.

[Lucia]

I grew up eating yams and sweet potatoes with cottage cheese. It's a great combination.

[ciaodown1]

I have used cottage cheese with many odd/different things, which tend to actually be very delicous. I'm a vegetarian, so I get a lot of protien from cottage cheese. I love to mix it with a light fruit yogurt, and apples. I put it on salads in place of dressing. I like to cut up tomotoes and top it with pepper. I also mix it with green beans! There are so many different recipes, I also love cottage cheese pancakes. many recipes for it online!

[abs294]

I've been taking it for lunch with a small bag of Kashi GoLean Crunch to mix in - extra protein, and its good in yogurt too!

[ArikaDawn]

When I have god tomatoes I love it with tomato, salt, and pepper. Add capers for a twist. So simple and so yummy.
You can also add me to the list of those who enjoy it with pears, peaches, and pineapple. I have also enjoyed it with a spoonful of apple preserves.
Some of the stranger combos are cottage cheese with leftover taco meat. It's better than it sounds! I have also added it to leftover southwest succotash which is basically seasoned and sauteed black beans, corn, green peppers, and onions.

[OCEllen]

I have always liked it with corn relish - a bite of each or even mixed together - the creamy and the tart/sweet together.

[Emme]

Scoop out a bagel, fill it w/ cheddar/jack grated cheese, toast. Fill w/ cottage cheese and top with salsa.

Cottage cheese, barley/brown rice, sweetener, cinnamon, vanilla; heat until gooey.

Sweeten and fill blintzes...

[soupkitten]

on top of a big baked organic potato, with fresh garden chives, fresh cracked pepper and sea salt.

buzz it in food processor and sub for sour cream or mayo in dip recipes with some herbs added for flavor.

always the 'american' stand-in for ricotta in lasagna but decent if drained right and done right.

[n2indigoky]

I like my cottage cheese over summertime tomatoes, seas salt and fresh cracked pepper....
also on a pipping hot buttered baked potato....and on sourdough toast with apricot jam.....

[junkieforlife]

Wow so many good ideas...very inspiring. In fact, after reading this thread,I tried to add cottage cheese to all my favourite things to eat!

This salad turned out absolutely amazing. It was a meal in itself.

Lettuce, bean sprouts, raw almonds, cherry tomatoes, an avacado sliced up. I then adding a many generous dallops of cottage chesse. Cracked black pepper and a bit of sea salt. And to top it all off, I had a single serving size of canned pineapple, so i added that to the top and poured half the pineapple juice all over. OMG to die for! My new favourite thing!
Thanks everyone for your inspiration!

[Burnzes]

friendship whipped cottage cheese with strawberry, cinnamon, syrup and walnuts

[bookwormchef]

i love cottage cheese with jello, especially strawberry jello

[fallingup]

ooh ive never tried this, i think ill have this for breakfast tomorrow!

[orangewasabi]

smashed into a baked potato then rebaked
with a side of aged dill pickle, deli style

[sashimi73]

Salsa and almonds with a drizzle of hazelnut oil.

[shaebones]

Cabot cottage cheese (1/2 whole + 1/2 nonfat) mixed w TJ's strawberry or raspberry jam and a cut up fresh peach, spoon on to toasted raisin bagel, lavash or ak mak crackers. My favorite breakfast to fuel my long morning walk.

[sram]

I love the Friendship 1% fat cottage cheese on top of a nice, hot blueberry waffle, drizzled all over with syrup.

[Kaisgraham]

Blueberries or cantaloupe.

[cleanplate]

A can of drained tiny shrimp, celery (or your favorite) seasoning salt make a good dip with crackers. I also like mixing with banana pepper rings (hot or mild).

[kellithina]

Applesauce. Preferably home made.

[goldenroxy]

cottage cheese and salty potato chips are my favorite.

[LastWyf]

mixed with salsa, Pace medium picante preferred!

[fooddiva]

Here are my two favorites: Cottage cheese with fresh mango slices...yummy yummy good.
and cottage cheese on top of an english muffin with strawberry slices with honey drizzled over the top!!!

[amyvc]

Topped with Frank's red hot and broccoli slaw. An easy lunch that is tasty and filling - i don't take anything for lunch that takes me more than 2 min to prepare. And I like large curd cottage cheese, although I can almost never find it in low fat.

[mrbunsrocks]

I LOVE it with fresh ground pepper and a bit of french dressing, on top of a bed of lettuce. Yummy!

[KCJ]

Lately, it's been unseasoned cottage cheese with a kiwi or two.

But I'm sure I'll be going back to my favorites, too:

CC with a dash of Olde Westport Spice Co.'s Gold Coast Garlic Shake

CC with juicy, vine-ripened tomato with plenty of freshly ground pepper

CC with Jake & Amos Sweet Baby Pickled Beets

CC with sunflower seeds and dill weed

And 'cause it was a comfort food from childhood, occasionally lime Jell-O with CC and crushed pineapple.

[garifw]

I cook up a pot of hot cornmeal - add a heaping dollop of fat free or low fat cottage cheese, S&P, butter optional.

[LeBone]

Harissa!

[revsharkie]

canned mandarin oranges

or

just plain cottage cheese sprinkled with paprika.

[foiegras]

I like it with all-fruit spread on top (like peach).

[LAcupcake]

My favorite cottage cheese salad is fresh figs, mint, honey and toasted sesame seeds on top of a scoop of cottage cheese. Sometimes i just go with straight honey and the sesame seeds.

[amopdx]

I love to top cottage cheese with canned pineapple the best.

I also sometimes add spices to cottage cheese (garlic power, dill etc whatever i feel like) and scoop it up with chips

[wellfedred]

If you are from the South you've likely been served as a salad before.....piece of iceberg lettuce topped with a ring a canned pineapple, topped with a peach, topped with cottage cheese, shredded cheddar, and sometimes a maraschino chery

[Ruth Lafler]

I thought maybe this thread had been bumped up because of this article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article...

[Spoonula]

Years ago there was a packaged mix-in just for cottage cheese - does anyone remember this? It had dehydrated cucumber, tomato, green onion, celery and herbs. I recreate this with the real stuff now, but as I recall - it got me to eat cottage cheese.

[liu]

When next you are browsing a Japanese market, check out their seasonings (some in small jars and some in foil or plastic packets); these are mostly for rice and soups, but they work quite well on cottage cheese. I especially like the ones that only contain seaweed and sesame seeds and some seasoning, and not a lot of filler, artificial ingredients. Some of these are very colorful as well against the white cottage cheese...almost as if sprinkling with confetti!

[kimbercase]

My husband loves Japanese "Rice Seasoning" on cottage cheese. They have several varieties at our local Asian grocery, each containing various combinations of items like nori shreds, bonito flakes, sesame seeds, egg yolk powder, etc. Good stuff!

[woodleyparkhound]

I love that stuff but never thought to put it on cottage cheese -- great idea!!

[goodhealthgourmet]

absolutely! that stuff inspired me to start pouring italian dressing on my cc as a kid :)

[Firegoat]

I pour the bright orange out of a bottle French dressing on mine. (Catalina in a pinch)

[Leepa]

That used to be one of my guilty pleasures years ago. Haven't had it in a while though.

I do confess to salad bar Thousand Island on cottage cheese with a side of beets and green olives. : 0

[marlie202]

with chopped or sliced raw veggies-red,green and yellow peppers,scallions,tomatos-quite nice eaten alone or with a nice crusty baguette

[Andiereid]

Premium Saltines.

[mollyomormon]

sriracha!

[jackrugby]

This is going to sound nuts, but I like to mix some roasted sunflower seeds in my mine.

[Tal]

I make a salad of grape tomatoes, toasted pine nuts, dill, olive oil, salt and pepper and eat it with cottage cheese. Delicious.

[niki rothman]

I honestly dislike cottage cheese. But there's one thing I love to make with it. I mean I LOVE this - comfort food ultra for a cold day. It's one of those very simple yet perfect combinations. It's a sort of instant cream of tomato soup made by bringing tomato juice to a boil (Libby's is my fave brand) and whisk in a good sized scoop of medium or large soft curd c.c. to make a cream soup. Grind on plenty of fresh black pepper. I'll eat my hat if anybody else gives you this as their one and only cottage cheese fetish concoction. (now I'll go check my theory)

[rworange]

That is unique. How did you think of that?

One thing I forgot about ... and since you don't like cottage cheese, I don't think this will make you a fan ... is cottage cheese mixed with shredded cheddar, spread on a slice of raisin bread and broiled. An old diet recipe from Redbook magazine.

[niki rothman]

Thanks for asking about the genesis of this, by accident, "eureka!" discovery of deliciousness. I'd be willing to bet a lot of these so called "tasty" cottage cheese concoctions came out of people's attempts to make things to eat while on a weight loss diet. Because looking back, I bet that's where my "cream" of tomato soup idea came from with the 2 classic "diet" foods (c.c. & tom. juice) combined.
The miracle of synergy - for once the taste of the sum actually equalled much more that the combined parts. It was like, "Sigh...I'm hungry. As usual. I'm on a diet. I could try to make something that tastes OK. I've got tomato juice. I've got cottage cheese. Now what?" The rest is history. When I woke up I was drooling curiously delicious low calorie cream of tomato soup and had a strange satisfied smile on my face. I never looked back...
Just don't forget the fresh ground black pepper, it really makes it.

[Spoonula]

Cottage Cheese, dash of sugar and cinnamon and broiled on raisin bread. I must try it with cheddar that sounds wonderful too

[Dee S]

Try dipping Nacho Cheese Doritos in it.

Tobasco Chipotle hot sauce mixed in makes a nice snack.

Mom used to mix dry Jello, cottage cheese, Cool-Whip and canned fruit together and chill.

[chef chicklet]

I just bought a tub yesterday and for me it must be the small curd variety.
But I love a big scoop full in a bowl, with fresh tomatoes cut tiny, lots of sea salt, and pepper and then drench it and I mean cover it, with red pepper flakes and also cilantro if its handy.

And another way is with the mexican oregano with red pepper flakes.. In side a celery boat, old school. and then if I want it sweet, with canned pears. Or even with a swirl of raspberry jam or cherry even.

[Cinnamon]

apple butter!

[Justpaula]

Interesting topic for me.

I almost exclusively eat cottage cheese with cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top. These days, usually a mix of splenda and cinnamon. This is how my Mama started feeding it to me as a toddler, and some things never change. It probably came from HER upringing as a child of an Eastern Euopean Jew - and it lends itself to cheese blintzes with cinnamon sprinkled on top, or sweet noodle kugel

Just a few days ago, I told someone that this is how I like my cottage cheese and he looked at me horrified. Apparently, this person has always eaten it as a savory food. Which reminded me of how I was startled when a co-worker was eating hers for lunch with tomato and russian dressing. A completely foreign concept to me.

To each her own!

[heyjude]

What a great subject matter...;-)
If you have a good tomato, quarter it and stuff it full of a cottage cheese mixture that includes crispy, crumbled bacon and finely chopped gr. onion (or any kind, actually). I add a little salt and pepper to mine, but it is absolutely delicious; the tomato is optional but really good with that mixture. TRY THIS! The c.c. and bacon combination is unbelievable.

Mama also used to serve c.cheese on a pineapple slice, then a small dollop of mayonnaise. The best part was topping it all of with grated cheddar/American cheese. DELICIOUS.

[Will Owen]

My favorite at-the-drawing-board lunch used to be a tub of cottage cheese, some chopped green onion (snitched from the salad bar), a can of sardines or smoked oysters and a pile of Ritz crackers. I still go for that sometimes, but I have to leave out the crackers...and I'm damned if I'll use Triscuits instead!

I used to LOVE the big fat large curds, but I can't find that style anymore, and it wasn't low-fat anyway. Sad.

[sharonslau]

When I was a kid I used to eat it mixed with chopped carrot and green pepper... and LOTS of fresh black pepper... haven't thought about that in years!

[Bigos]

Chopped tomatoes, radishes, onion, cucumber, salt, pepper. Sometimes just cottage cheese with ketchup - I know, I know :)

[Humbucker]

Enough with the "I don't like cottage cheese" replies!

I like making a thin, crepe-like omelet and stuffing it with cottage cheese.

[Starburst123]

Oh yes, that reminds me of my Grandma & Mom making Hungarian palachinta(sp?) Which is a thin crepe filled with sweetened & cinnamon'd cottage cheese. Really good.

[eclecticsynergy]

Palatschinken are Austro-Hungarian dessert crepes, traditionally quite egg-laden and filled with jam and/or dusted with powdered sugar.

Sweet-cinnamon cottage cheese sounds like a delicious filling for them!

[toodie jane]

Had these in an Italian resturant in Santa Cruz back in the 70's, Leona's, out on Mission near where Risortante Avanti is now. Made with ricotta, garnished with strawberries. What a cook she was. Got me to eat brussels sprouts!

[a_and_w]

Olive oil, salt, pepper, and a dash of tabasco -- delish.

My dad uses mayonnaise and salad dressing. Nixon reportedly liked catsup. I say feh to both...

[Veggietales]

I've posted before: Mix it into cooked, dry (drain the water) ramen. IT makes it creamy and tangy while balancing the saltiness of the packet.

I think I'm gonna make some now. I like shrimp flavor.

[jjbelsky]

Mixed with garlic and chopped tomatoes. Delicious spread on toast or a toasted bagel.

[LeBone]

roasted salsa and warm tortilla chips.

[DiveFan]

Our family has always had it served with tomato and avocado wedges as a salad.

I've also found that it often settles my tummy when its upset. Not worth keeping around in anticipation, unless you like to see mold...

[Querencia]

In northern Maryland and southern Pennsylvania it's traditional to drizzle apple butter over cottage cheese---both should be really cold.

[niccole]

malt vinegar & black pepper

[kb612]

Apple butter and cottage cheese -- pretty good on whole wheat or rye toast.

[leahinsc]

I'm also an apple butter and cottage cheese fan...this is a PA dutch thing I think. I made it through some terrible dining hall meals in college thanks to cottage cheese and apple butter!

[Divamac]

mmm! I eat this all the time!

[wandasue]

That's the PA Dutch way. I survived college on the stuff.

[slynnkiino]

Soy sauce and hot sauce (yes, together!). Mmmmmm.

--Sarah
http://www.avenuefood.com

[srr]

I mix mine with chopped tomato, chopped dill pickle and lots of black pepper.

[Ernie Diamond]

OH GOD!!! My family's favorite thing is cold beef (flank steak is preferred) and cottage cheese. It is the ultimate comfort food and use of leftovers.

[bolivianita]

My absolute favorite is with dill and potato chips.
Also I like to make a new potato salad with cottage cheese, grn. onion, and finley sliced jalapenos.
tomatoes lots of black pepper and olive oil.
With spaghetti. not cooked together just on the side.

[prunefeet]

My husband mixes in dill and granulated garlic and eats it with triscuits. It's surprisingly good! I also like to use it in pasta dishes sometimes for a low fat or fat free way to add a creamy element.

[nosey]

Mom used to make her lasagne with it! This is not an endorsement!

[prunefeet]

This is often done in Indiana as I recall. People were less familiar with ricotta, I don't know if they used cottage cheese because they had trouble finding ricotta or not...I didn't have much trouble finding it but found the quality pretty bad.

[piccola]

I accidently bought creamed fat-free cc a few months ago and was amazed at how much it tasted like ricotta. I've been on the lookout for it ever since but I can't find it anywhere, and of course I can't recall the brand...

[coookie]

olive oil!

no, really. i buy a small bucket of cottage cheese, open it up, give a liberal pour of EVOO, and add some salt to taste. and then i spread it on white toast.

then again, i could almost drink olive oil by the glass, so...

[rekomstop]

there is a gallbladder cleansing that calls for half a cup of olive oil w/ half a cup of lemon juice, lol, you just reminded me of that flush.

[Emme]

With cinnamon, splenda, vanilla, and brown rice or barley to make a rice pudding sub.

Mixed with pumpkin butter.

Mixed with salsa; also, scoop out a bagel, toast it, fill with cottage cheese, a little salsa, then top with cheddar/mozz/jack and broil to melt cheese.

An Eastern Eur. Jewish thing is to mix cooked noodles with cottage cheese, salt and pepper. My grandmother used to make it for my grandfather. It's savory kugel-esque.

My ex used to love it scooped with Wheat Thins.

[NeNePie]

yes, hungarian noodles with cottage cheese, sour cream, grated onions, garlic, poppy seed, worcestershire, s&p and baked till brown. I just love this dish, especially with a nice stew.

[LilMac]

The only way I eat cottage cheese is with splenda, cinnamon and sugar free vanilla syrup. It's absolutely delicious, but everyone I know is grossed out by it! So glad I'm not alone!

[ausgezeichnet]

It's so nice to see someone else like hungarian noodles! This is also a comfort food for me. I like to mix a little bit of paprika to mine.

[The Professor]

a big +1 on that...I haven't reviewed this entire thread but I suspect I may have mentioned it here already....noodles with browned butter and cottage cheese has been a favorite of mine since childhood. Comfort food at it's very best.
You have to use good quality cottage cheese though with no fillers...Friendship brand is my favorite (no Breakstone, Kraft, or any of those other starchy, crap brands).
Farmer cheese works well too.

[rcooperman]

Try chopped red radish with sliced green onion plus a bit of salt and pepper. An olde east European delicacy.

[NeNePie]

I do that same one with radishes, green onions and cucumber with s & p. let it sit overnight...yum!

[SundanceKC]

Scooped out of the container with bbq potato chips.

I survived many a dorm dinner eating nothing else.

[peppatty]

macerated strawberries and whipped cream wrapped with a freshly made crepe

[wayne keyser]

I'm with the first reply: salt, pepper, lemon juice - and if you can drain it a bit first, and eat it using Ethiopian injera, you can make a hearty meal of it.

[Freida]

If you're eating Ethiopian food with it, add some pureed or microplaned hot green chile, ginger and garlic, with some salt and pepper. I can eat this by the bowlful.

[jessica]

blueberries, c.c. and sour cream!

When I was in college, I also used to make cous cous and put some c.c. in it (I used those cous cous mixes with the flavor packets so it had a little more flavor.)

[oli]

ketchup!

or, a mash of runny scrambled eggs, tuna, cottage cheese and black pepper.

can't you tell i like mushy food? :)

[niki rothman]

Cottage cheese and ketchup was supposedly Richard Nixon's favorite lunch during HIS White House war years. Wonder what George Bush is mixing into his own cottage cheese these days when he (also)lunches with Henry Kissenger, who is supposedly Bush's most frequent lunchtime companion. Hmm...what makes me think Henry K. would pass on the cottage cheese and ketchup for lunch? Oh hell, probably with a few stiff drinks neither of them is noticing WHAT they're eating for lunch in the White House these days...Couldn't you just see it: "Want summore ketchup with yer cottage cheese, Henry? Oh, come on! You were the one who told me how much Nixon loved it! If cottage cheese and ketchup was good enough for Tricky Dick, it's good enough for us, right? This is no time to cut and run, man! That ketchup just does something so special to the cheese. And you know MY motto, Henry: Never cut the cheese and run!"

[steakman55]

Great post...I was going to mention it had I not scrolled down and read yours.
Nixon also liked to have a full roaring fire in the White House fireeplace during the summer, with the air conditioner turned as low as it would go.

[Melissavina]

This sounds like hangover food to me. :)

[SloCoChef]

I do the ketchup and cottage cheese.... just put it on the side and drag in a little at a time... I will also do the Lawrey's on it - my dad taught me that when I was a little kid.

My own creation is with frozen thawed peas and then add salad croutons and small cubes of sharp cheddar...

I'll dip any cracker in it too and scoop/eat

[piccola]

Red grapes. Grated carrots and raisins. Radishes. Sprouts (just not the mung bean ones). Pumpkin butter.

[sillyrabbit]

Sunflower seeds and raisins with Knudsen low fat cottage cheese

[rbc]

I second the vote for cottage cheese and salsa. I mix the two and put them on salad (as a dressing) all the time. Also use cottage cheese occasionally in smoothies if i want a creamy, chunky texture, which happens once in a blue moon.

[casehere]

Not exactly healthy, but, I love cottage cheese with potato chips. Just scoop up some cottage cheese with the chip and enjoy!!

[orty12]

I'm a big fan of cottage cheese and triscuts. Not exactly potato chips, but it's a healthier compromise.

[green56]

You, too? Isn't that about the best in the world? Scooping out the CC with a Triscut?

[Emme]

an ex's favorite snack was CC scooped with Wheat Thins.

[Starburst123]

I have always loved cottage cheese with lots of black pepper & Cheez It crackers OR Goldfish crackers.

[pigtails]

OMG, me too! i love triscuits and cottage cheese!

i also love it with granola and berries.

[jen2202]

pineapple

[mshpook]

mixed with grainy french mustard, it makes a great dip for raw veggies.

[sfeater]

Ripe tomatos, avocado and balsamic vinegar! Add sunflower seeda if you have them on hand.

[sarvey]

I'm a fan of lowfat cottage cheese. I do all the sweet versions. I also mix it with capers and black pepper.
With tuna fish.

I also mix it with hot multigran cereal (Trader Joes brand), raisins, walnuts, and wheat germ for my breakfast everyday.

[JeetJet]

Last night I tried Uncle Sam ceral on top on CC. Wow! the crunch stayed until the last bite. Very good foods go well together.

[monday]

Sunflower seeds.

[kat_dew]

The BF introduced me to tomatoes and garbanzo beans --yummy

[MsDiPesto]

I love curry powder mixed into my cottage cheese. I had it as an amuse-bouche in a little restaurant near the Ashokan Reservoir in upstate NY once, and loved it ever since!

Richard Nixon put ketchup on his cottage cheese.

[lahtiji]

I see the curry powder suggestion, and raise you a Lawry's seasoned salt.

[sophia519]

This used to be my favorite snack in high school, had to be Lawry's. I also love cc with tomatoes, sunflower seeds and salt and pepper.

[Sedagive]

Absolutely Lawry's seasoned salt, but it has to be mixed all through the cottage cheese, not just sprinkled on top. With marinated artichoke hearts it is a great combo.

[fallingup]

marinated artichokes sounds fantastic!

[Anne H]

I've been eating a lot of cottage cheese for breakfast these days, mostly just with sliced banana. But I like it with any fruit-- I was on a plum kick awhile ago, and always had on hand some version of really delicious cooked plums, very good with cottage cheese. Chutney is good also, just about any kind. Frozen whole cherries, lightly zapped to start the thawing process. I bet it would be good with cranberry sauce also.

[mudster]

Good ripe tomatoes and lots of fresh pepper.

[blue room]

Salsa is good on cottage cheese, also ( a little strange) dip a spoonful of cottage cheese into your cup of hot pea soup, enjoy together, it's tasty!

[b0ardkn0t]

Not that strange, I also enjoy this pairing and it's not uncommon, I've visited many cheemaking families in Mexico and they eat salsa with just about everything including with crema fresca, and a strange hybrid of buttermilk and cottage cheese, almost akin to yogurt by the name of hokoki or hocoque(spelling ?) which they mix with salsa and scoop up with tortilla pieces.

[Melissavina]

My favorite is Trader Joe's non fat c.c. with cherry tomatoes and lots of fresh pepper.

I've also dumped a pile of leftover bruschetta mix on top of a bowl of c.c. and it was amazing.

[GeekVanessa]

I agree...also add a handful of home-made potato chips.

[fallingup]

Ooh I love cottage cheese with potato chips!

[jerrywes]

cool cottage cheese and warm ripe tomatoes, with pepper and salt is divine.....
mmmm,... i think i'll go get some right now

[alkapal]

i hope those tomatoes are home-grown! otherwise, the faux-matos they sell in stores are so disheartening!

ps, try lawrey's seasoned salt with your combo, if you want a little kick.

[warrengwonka]

Well, the ones in the stores have to be bred so that they will still be edible when they get to the market. So many of the fine garden tomatoes are too fragile to ship.

[howie521]

DITTO, DITTO, DITTO, DITTO,
and all by itself with fresh ground black pepper

I also love it with canned mixxed fruit

[debbypo]

Hi... My long dead father who was raised on New York's lower east side used to make us what he called Spring Garden Salad. It was cottage cheese (Breakstones or Friendship) with sliced green onions, radishes, chopped/seeded cucumber and fresh dill. I love it still.

[alkapal]

debbypo, that salad sounds so refreshing for summer, too!

[mamachef]

Hey! My Grampa did that, and Gramma Mimi called it Farmer's Salad. Sometimes she served it with sour cream, salt and pepper. Delicious.

[CapreseStacy]

mmm, sliced garden 'maters and Lawry's seasoned salt with CC. My Nanny (aka Great Grandma) would give me this as a snack after school. To this day, I buy Lawry's pretty much for the sole purpose of sprinkling on cottage cheese and tomatoes.

[toodie jane]

cottage cheese room temp topped with fresh Bartletts and English walnuts.

[pescatarian]

I like cinnamon on my cottage cheese too. I'm glad I read this thread too, because I've often gotten strange looks from others when I do this.

[bogie]

Louisiana hot sauce, of course!

[AlyKen]

I'm also a hot sauce person. I prefer Srirachi due to it's thickness, though. I started with Crystal. That has been my go-to diet lunch: Breakstone Live Active Cottage Cheese with 2 tsp of Sriracha and a green salad.

[leelabee]

+1 on the sriracha.

[hana]

cottage cheese and any sliced fruit. or a little bit of jelly/jam mixed in and put on toast. OR we used to make fun of my mother for this - cottage cheese and sour cream with scallions, cucumber, radishes (maybe one more item). but i had a little sour cream left and mixed it in and added fruit, i have to say it was really good.

[malibumike]

I agree with many of the above suggestions like yogurt, etc., chopped chives mixed in and eat the next day when flavors have mixed in is very tasty, of course pineapple chunks or mandarin oranges are good. mix in a little butter milk is also good. When I was a kid I used to take a spoonful of mashed potatoes with cottage cheese, it sounds wierd but tasted good. If in a decadent mood mix a little mayonaise with it the flavors seem to compliment each other.

[HillJ]

On sliced whole wheat bread I spread cottage cheese and sliced strawberries for lunch. Yum!

[104manhattanite]

This is probably the weirdest suggestion yet...but am I the only person out there who loves mixing cottage cheese and tunafish??

[Pei]

You're not alone. One summer I stayed at a University that rented out dorms but was actually closed for the summer. So we had no access to the communal kitchens, and no central meal plan. We ate this almost every night:

-romaine lettuce
-drained canned tuna
-drained canned corn
-cottage cheese
-Italian dressing out of a bottle

I lost about 5 pounds inadvertently, and it was actually a tasty salad. Every time I think about it I kind of want to make it.

[Chef Kit Fox]

@ Pei
That actually sounds delicious. I'll have to try it.

[diablo]

I also love this combo, especially on top of a garden salad with italian dressing. Delicous!

[labtech]

This is an old Weight Watchers' trick. Forty some years ago, the diet plan did not allow any fat (mayonaise) so they used cottage cheese.

[rworange]

add raisins

[PeterL]

Yogurt.

[lilitake]

hey me too. half cottage cheese, half vanilla yogurt mixed up. makes the yogurt not so sweet and the cottage cheese not so salty.

[Melanie]

Cottage Cheese with a ranch-like seasoning mixed in makes a good dip for veggies.