How do you make cottage cheese taste good?

[Poulets De Cajun]

I'm starting a three week fat loss diet that dictates I eat boiled egg whites and oatmeal for breakfast, fruit as snacks twice a day, as well as chicken breasts and steamed veggies for lunch and dinner.

In addition to the fruits for snacks, I have also thrown some fat free cottage cheese and celery to break up the monotonay of fruit.

I have never in my life eaten cottage cheese, never even so much as tasted it. But with my newfound healthy lifestyle I am making myself eat foods I haven't before. I just bought some at the store, and took a small taste when I got home.

It tastes like cheese, but how can I spice it up healthily (if thats a word)? The texture kinda got to me a bit, but I can get used to it.

 

[thechickenchick]

I love adding well drained pineapple chunks to mine. DH likes salt and pepper with his. My grandpa used to put jelly in his! Good job on the diet. I really should join you.

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

I'm down to 185, my chest arms and abs are really developing, but I have those last 10 pounds of fat or so to drop before I can really see the definition. I'm tired of running miles after miles on the elliptical trainer, so i am going to do a bodybuilders type fat loss diet for a few weeks to see what happens...

... and dont worry, i checked with my trainer. Its not a crash diet, its well balances and thought out.

 

[Blackbird]

Grab your nearest spice rack and go to, mix and match until you find something you like! I prefer mine plain but occasionally I'll add dill or parsley. I love cottage cheese!

 

[Run-A-Muck Ranch]

you've never had cottage cheese....

oh my....well I don't know if these are considered 'healthy' was to doctor up cottage cheese, but......

honey--add a little blob of honey to it
pepper---I put pepper on mine
lettuce, pear/peach---remember this when we were little...lettuce leaf, pear or peach 1/2 with cottage cheese in the middle where the pit would be
blueberries--mixed with the cottage cheese--sounds gross, but i like it
yougrt--mixed together with the cottage cheese...again sound gross but i like it

those are a few ideas...i am sure someone else will have a much healthy idea....

oh yeah...have a salad and add cottage cheese to it...lol

 

[hennypenny9]

Personally, I love it plain, but some people I know add fruit to it. I suppose this won't work if you're tired of fruit. Maybe jam? I googled "cottage cheese" and this was the second page listed.

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/336491

Maybe helpful, since the discussion went on for like 98798 pages!

 

[agnes_day]

you can hollow out a tomato and put the cottage cheese inside with some drained canned tuna on top with salt and pepper.

 

[Run-A-Muck Ranch]

forgot....

chives cut up and mixed into the cottage cheese...that give it some flavor...

 

[babymakes6]

I love cottage cheese with apple butter or peach or pear butter. Good luck losing weight!

 

[Blackbird]

Yes, I'm quite taken back that you've never had cottage cheese. But then I've never had a chilidog. Tell you what, I'll make you some homemade cottage cheese (raw goat milk tyvm) and you make me a chilidog; sound like a deal?