Saturday, May 28, 2011

What You Can Do With Cottage Cheese

Puré it in a blender with two drops of lemon:
It can be a base in place of sour cream.  
Use it as a tasty dip mixed
Sprinkle herbs and spices to add flavor.
Replace it with anything that calls for sour cream or ricotta cheese

Substitute for:
Ricotta cheese in lasagna
Other higher fat soft cheeses
Sour Cream in bean dip

Mix it:
With yogurt
Puree it into a smoothie
Add as a toper to a large grilled portabella mushroom.
Oatmeal pancakes
With hummus
Mix with a little Greek yoghurt, add fresh fruit and then top with a little muesli or trail mix

Eat with:
Add as side dish.
Have as a snack with fruit
Fresh or frozen berries and a packet of Stevia
Carrot/snap peas or other veggie dip
Chopped walnuts
A cut up dill pickles
A drizzle of maple syrup or honey
With salt, pepper, chopped tomatoes or cherry tomatoes cut in half.
Oatmeal 
Wheat germ
Unsweetened applesauce
Salmon
Vanilla yogurt and steel cut oats

Eat with Salads:
Cottage cheese salad: pineapple, cottage cheese, lettuce, and mayo
Spinach salad: Sweet corn, spinach, green peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, avocado.
Tomato cottage cheese salad:  cottage cheese, plum tomatoes chopped, green onions chopped cucumbers diced, salt and pepper to taste

Put on:  Pizza, Tacos, Enchiladas, Salads, Pastas, Tuna, Beans, Sweet potatoes, it's endless. 


Stop, Taste and Enjoy,
Coach TIA

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