Let's talk about cottage cheese!

United States
August 8, 2008 2:16pm CST
Who likes it? Who doesn't? Do you dress up cottage cheese with anything? Do you use it to cook with, like in Italian food or perhaps another way? Would you be willing to share those recipes? I like it. I really do. At first I didn't, but then one day I tried it again and now I do. My favorite way to have it is with vanilla Davinci's coffee syrup in it. Boy is that good and a great diet snack no matter what diet you are on. I don't use it in Italian food, but have had it in lasagna. Unfortunately that was when I didn't like it.
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39 responses
• United States
9 Aug 08
I love cottage cheese. I prefer it just the way it is but I don't mind it in some other things. My mom uses it in a dumpling recipe and it tastes really good like that. I've had it in lasagna before and thought it was okay but not anything special. I like eating cottage cheese in the afternoon with lunch or as a late afternoon snack.
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@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
8 Aug 08
i like cottage cheese straight up with salt and pepper on it and some fresh fruit with it! YUMMY! but i also like it in italian food like canaloni and lasagna. i also like it with egg noodles (this is a hungarian dish). it is a good food to eat
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• United States
8 Aug 08
Ohhh, do you know the name of it so I can look it up?
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• United States
9 Aug 08
i will eat it with fresh or canned fruit slices.or even with a fruit cocktail mix, thats always a good light lunch. we also get a packet of the brown onion soup mix, and mix it with the cottage cheese, makes a very flavorful dip for chips..especially Frito's!
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@kaysue4 (951)
• United States
9 Aug 08
I have always used cottage cheese in lasagna. I can't afford the other cheese, so I use cottage cheese. I also like it just plain. I did try to put fruit in it, but I didn't like it that way.
• United States
9 Aug 08
Hi, Tannie. I like cottage cheese, too. There are several things I like to have with it. I like to scoop some of it on top of a pineapple ring...maybe even two! I also like to have cottage cheese with apple sauce or mandarin orange slices. Here's a different way to have cottage cheese: Take some apple sauce, put it in a saucepan along with some brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon. Heat it up. Spoon some on top of the nice cold cottage cheese. Yummmmm!!
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
9 Aug 08
i do like cottage cheese. have u ever had broccoli cornbread? it has cottage cheese in it. if you'd like the recipe i'd be glad to give it to you. ialao like to cut uptomatoes, onions, cucumbers & peppers in cottage cheese, add a little mayo & u have a nice , different salad.
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@sweetdesign (5142)
• United States
5 Jan 09
I don't like it never have likely never will. I will use it in lasagna if I don't have any choice and can't get ricotta cheese. My DD used to like it when she was little but now she doesn't like it either. Mom hates it. But my grandmother loved it she would eat it plain with black pepper and that is how my nephew still eats it!
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
5 Jan 09
I love it, but only the large curd kind, which is really hard to find any more. Sometimes it says "large curd" on the package, but then you open it and it is exactly like what we used to know as small. OK, I am fussy. If it is good cottage cheese it doesn't need anything to dress it up and if it is not, then nothing will redeem it, so I eat mine plain. My favorite jello, though, is when I make the jello first and then when it is set, mix it with cottage cheese in the blender and refrigerate until it is firm again. That is what we do with the large curd tubs that turn out to be small.
@PearlGrace (3171)
• United States
20 Aug 08
Hi tanniebabe78. I like cottage cheese. I sometimes put chopped vegetables or fruit in my cottage cheese. For example, I might chop a green onion, some red bell pepper, and a little bit of celery finely and mix all that in. Or, I might just add diced tomato in my cottage cheese. I really like strawberries or a peach or a pear in my cottage cheese. If I'm having it au naturel, I'll just put a little bit of black pepper on it and have some saltines on the side. The only entree I can think of that I've ever put cottage cheese in is lasagna. Take care, tanniebabe78. That's great that you've discovered cottage cheesee.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
12 Nov 08
I love cottage cheese and I eat it often. I have eaten it so many different ways. Here' are some of them. I like to eat it just plain right out of the container, sometimes. I also sometimes just put a little bit of black pepper on it. I have also made crepes and put cottage cheese mixed with some sugar, into my crepes and then put them in the oven for 20 minutes on very low. Another way I have eaten and like to eat cottage cheese is with frozen blueberries or strawberries with a little bit of sweetner spinkled on top and put it in the microwave for two or three minutes, just enough time for the fruit to defrost and get a little bit mushy. I then take it out of the microwave and I mix it all together. It is soooo good that way. I learned to make it when I was going to weight watchers. It was one of the deserts we learned to make. I eat it for breakfast at times or for lunch or just for a sweet snack. Try it, you will] be surprised how good it is. You can use sugar instead of sweetner if you want. I use sweetner because I don't want the calories from sugar. Alrighty then, talk to you later my friend, Your friend, Chris
@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
14 Aug 08
I have always love cottage cheese. Large or small curd. Just plain cottage cheese or add fruit or maybe a touch of honey or fruit n a touch of honey. All is very good.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
13 Aug 08
your son will never know it's in there. my friend's husband can't stand cottage cheese but he loves broccoli conbread. he doesn't know it has cottage cheese in it. she thinks it's so funny when they come over to eat & he loves the bread. here's the recipe/ hope you enjoy. broccoli cornbread melt 2 sticks of butter [margarine] in the pan u are going to bake your bread in. 2 boxes of jiffy corn bread mix. i onion chopped fine 1 carton of cottage cheese i 16 oz. bag of frozen broccoli thawed 4 eggs 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese combine all of the above & pour it in the pan w/the melted butter. right before it gets done i sprinkle some more cheese over the top. bake at 350 degrees for about 35-45 minutes.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
12 Aug 08
i do like cottage cheese. i like it w/fruit or tomatoes. sometimes i will cut up tomatoes, onion, peper,& cucumbers & add it to cottage cheese. i also make broccoli cornbread that u put cottage in. it's wonderful. i could make a meal just eating that. i'dd be glad to give u the recipe if u want it.
• United States
13 Aug 08
sounds like something I can sneek to my son, so sure, I am happy to try it.
• Otis Orchards, Washington
1 Dec 15
I like it with a spoonful of jam or jelly on it, or honey. I've eaten on peaches or pears. But I'll also eat it plain or with pepper on it. I've eaten it in lasagna but I like the expensive cheese that the cottage cheese replaces as a cheap substitute better.
@laglen (19759)
• United States
9 Aug 08
I love cottage cheese. I like it with tomato, or onion, or chives, or fruit. I love it in Italian food. Sometimes, if we have spaghetti, I will have it on the side and mix it. YuM!
@i12read (57)
• United States
10 Aug 08
I eat it plain, or put it on top of pineapple chunks or peach slices. I've also had it with strawberry jam, but I prefer whole fruit. I will have to try it with the vanilla syrup, :-)
• United States
10 Aug 08
I like to eat cottage cheese very much. I usually eat it individually with any type of fruit juice.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
9 Aug 08
I like cottage cheese with tomatoes, I also use it in a tuna caserol with eggs that is baked like custard. My husband eats it with a little jelly. So I'd guess you'd say it's a staple around here
9 Aug 08
mmmm...great discussion! I love cottage cheese! My favorite fast dinner with it is to make noodles, toss them with some butter, a little steamed cabbage and lots of cottage cheese! yum! You can even use a bagged cole slaw and steam some if you don't want to get a whole head of cabbage. I haven't tried that but thought about it. Some people use it as a replacement for ricotta cheese in the Italian dishes, but I don't really like that either.
@Corimore (249)
• United States
9 Aug 08
I've always liked it. I like it with peaches and a little sugar and cin. It is good in lasagna and cheaper than ricotta. I like it on salad too, it stretches out the ranch dressing a little further