Cottage Cheese Snack Ideas

In South Africa we have a Pick n Pay store (similar to Trader Joe's) that has their own brand of cottage cheese. I buy the smooth plain fat free one. I like to make cloud bread, there are lots of recipes online for it. I also mix in some sweetener and/or carob powder and freeze it in ice cream moulds. If you leave it out for 5 mins before eating, its exactly like ice cream.

Fuz on June 16, 2020

I love to buy fat free cottage cheese and add a freshly chopped mango. Nice afternoon treat!

Sue G on June 16, 2020

0% fat cottage cheese with fresh blueberries and a dash of cinnamon is my favorite way to eat it. My daughter likes it plain or with a scoop of sugar free jelly,

Susan on June 16, 2020

I mix mine with grated carrot and chopped apple for a good salad or snack.

Judy on June 16, 2020

I love Fat-free or 2% cottage cheese with watermelon. I have to watch my salt intake, so the saltiness of the cottage cheese helps me not miss salt on the watermelon. So this is good for summer.

In winter I like crisp red grapes with cottage cheese. I eat this often for lunch at work and instead of ice cream while watching tv at night.

Actually, any fruit and cottage cheese is so good!

Kim Kreitz on June 16, 2020

One of my favorite ways to enjoy cottage cheese is with cinnamon and chopped apple. Sometimes I add a few walnuts too. So good!

Lizzie on June 16, 2020

I like it with berries and granola for breakfast.

Andrea on June 16, 2020

I like cottage cheese with Everything but the Bagel seasoning, very flavorful.

Maggi on June 16, 2020

A cold juicy orange with cottage cheese...yum!

Johanna on June 16, 2020

For lunch; cottage cheese mixed with tuna... I know it sounds crazy but the two compliment each other and they are very nutritious

Georgette on June 16, 2020

We eat cottage cheese with our eggs or plain with pepper

carol on June 16, 2020

I eat lentil curry ( think daal) with cottage cheese. My mom used to make lasagna using cottage cheese instead of ricotta and now that's the only way I make it. I actually think ricotta is gross. Toast with marinara and cottage cheese is also a win!

NutritionProf on June 16, 2020

I eat cottage cheese almost every day. I’m very picky on the brand. My favorites are Good Culture and Trader Joe’s. I like it with chopped tomato, s&p, a little basil, and some feta sprinkled on. I like with any fruit. Sometimes I use it in place of salad dressing. I love the tuna idea and I’m going to give that a try!

Karrie on June 16, 2020

Don't like sweet flavoring with my cottage cheese. Ever since I accidently mixed them at the salad bar, sunflower seeds mixed with my cottage is my favorite!

Beth on June 16, 2020

Knudsen low fat!! How I miss it; can't seem to find it where I live. Daisy is a close second. Love it with any fresh fruit or eggs or tomatoes. Thanks for the reminders of how good it can be!

Robin on June 16, 2020

As one person mentioned above mango and organic Trader Joes cottage cheese is one of my favorites. But my in-laws who are from Nava, Mexico eat cottage cheese with fresh made beans. I am now loving that too!

Lunachx on June 16, 2020

I really like the Lucerne brand of FF cottage cheese, it is the creamiest ff I've had. For savory I like it with salsa. The blueberries way is also a standard for me as is in season melons. But my daughter who is also a WW uses frozen peas, cold hard boiled egg mixes it in morning and takes it to work for her lunch. It's very tasty, I have to admit to have it for breakfast I make it the night before, then in morning add a tsp of lite mayo. Very good. Of course season it with pepper or smoked paprika.

Linda D on June 16, 2020

I love Daisy cottage cheese, too. I like to use a bit of S&P on it then add blueberries and almond slivers. Or add tomatoes. Most any fruit is good but cantaloupe is my fav with cottage cheese.

Deb on June 16, 2020

I add a squirt or two of Italian salad dressing and S&P. Ummm! May have to go get some!

Holly on June 16, 2020

I also like Daisy brand...it doesn't have any weird ingredients.

Morgan on June 16, 2020

I like the Lucerne low sodium low fat cottage cheese. My favorite way is to mix it with chopped apples, celery & walnuts, similar to a Waldorf salad. I usually add diced chicken and a dash of cayenne pepper and make that my lunch.

Staci on June 16, 2020

I love the Nordica 1% cottage cheese and add pineapple, or blueberries and strawberries. Looking through the other comments has given me some tasty ideas.

Linda on June 16, 2020

I stopped eating cottage cheese years ago when I had to start watching my sodium. Instead, I eat plain fat-free Fage 0% yogurt. Not only is it lower in sodium, it has more protein than cottage cheese. It can be eaten as a sweet or savory dish, used in place of sour cream - great in dips or on a baked potato, and makes a great smoothie.

1/2 cup has 130 calories, 0 fat, 42.5 mg sodium, carbs - 4.5 grams, protein - 11.5 grams. WW points - 0 on purple and blue, 1 on green.

meg on June 16, 2020

My favorite brand is Darigold 2% small curd cottage cheese (a Pacific NW brand). I either eat plain or mix some fruit in it (pineapple, blueberries). Don't like FF. If I can't find Darigold, I buy Daisy.

Debbie on June 16, 2020

I like the store brand cottage cheese (in general) better than the “brand names.” I grew up eating Hood cottage cheese as a kid, and it was one of those foods I was determined to like. Unfortunately, I never liked the Hood brand, so I tried it MANY times before I decided I liked it! I really like the 2% Daisy, especially since Costco carries the large tub. I make lasagna with cottage cheese and ricotta cheese, my favorite is a bagel thin toasted, spread with cottage cheese and Everything But The Bagel seasoning- or cinnamon/ pumpkin pie spice.

Elaine on June 16, 2020

I recently tried Good Culture brand and loved it! I’m also crazy about Friendship brand (found at Whole Foods) sodium free and Breakstone is my all-time fave. Kroger brand is also excellent, as is Walmart’s house brand. I go for 1% when possible or 2%. I do not like fat free at all.

I love cottage cheese on its own, but also with a handful of nuts. It’s wonderful with fruit, especially cantaloupe. When I was a kid, my mother would whip cottage cheese with a hand mixer and spread it on raisin toast. Amazing!!

Mary Beth on June 16, 2020

I add cottage cheese to FAGE plain yogurt, add 1 teaspoon of raspberry jam mix and enjoy. I am eating this every day in hopes of more calcium helping my bones strengthen. A med I have to take from having cancer, thins them out, so I also take calcium daily, drink milk which I do not like, and take boniva once a month. Hope you enjoy the cottage cheese yogurt combo.

maria on June 17, 2020

I like to top mine with Everything But the Bagel Seasoning!

Carrie @ Season It Already on June 17, 2020

Fat free with drained and rinsed pineapple tidbits is the bomb!!

Lisa on June 17, 2020

I like small curd with steamed broccoli and chopped tomatoes, topped with grind of pepper and Catalina fat free salad dressing.

There are some great ideas on here!

Cyndy on June 18, 2020

I love to put cottage cheese in the avocado hole, add some mustard to the cottage cheese- it’s delicious 😋

Christina on June 18, 2020

I like it mixed with cinnamon and sugar and then used as a crepe filling. The other way that I eat it everyday is with chopped chives stirred in. In the winter, I use freeze dried chives.

Diane on June 19, 2020