THE BENEFITS OF COTTAGE CHEESE

I LOVE ME SOME COTTAGE CHEESE.  Some HATE it, but not I.  I am a fan for sure.  Not just for dieters.  I haven't ever tried to make HOMEMADE cottage cheese and I probably won't.

Cottage cheese is high in protein and is an excellent source of calcium. Choosing a low-fat cottage cheese can reduce saturated fat intake when substituting it for other higher fat foods, such as cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise or ricotta cheese. It's also full of vitamins and minerals that support a healthy diet.

When I was a Teacher's Aide, I had 30 minutes for lunch.  We lived near the school, so I'd go HOME for my lunch break, pop a potato in the microwave, let our pet outside for a potty break, sit just for a short time, take the potato out of the microwave.  I'd top the potato with spaghetti sauce and cottage cheese and enjoy a HOT MEAL.  Not expensive either.  Budget friendly and full of benefits.

Loved it and with cutting calories like this, I lost a bunch of weight over time.  Didn't keep it off, but at the time, I was impressed with having lost weight.  I am working on that same thing NOW.  I haven't returned to baked potatoes and cottage cheese yet as we do not have a microwave.

With the help of the internet, here are some info pics.  

I do believe it is a beneficial FOOD for me and I will continue to eat it.  Instead of oatmeal with fruit and nuts for BREAKFAST, I can exchange the oats for cottage cheese.  A quicker way to make a nutritious meal.  THINK I will take advantage of this and be blessed.

All the best to you.
Cheering us on,

~d 

1848 Treat

Cottage BLESSINGS to you!

What do you get when you take a cottage ...

and put cheese with it???

That's right Cottage Cheese!

One of my favorite after school snacks when I was a kid was cold cottage cheese sprinkled with pepper til it smoked...or on a sweet day I sprinkled sugar over my pile of cottage cheese.

Today I like to top a hot baked potato with it or mix it in with a garden salad.

Cottage Cheese is a great high protein snack that is often overlooked for its protein content. Just 1 half cup serving of low fat 2% cottage cheese has 16 grams protein...yields only 4-5 grams of carbs.

Cottage Cheese is eaten by itself, with fruit, with fruit puree on toast, in green salads, or used as a ingredient in recipes such lasagna, jello salads and various dessert! Hows 'bout dat?

One of the Weight Watchers dishes I use to fix was to put some cottage cheese on a piece of toast and then nuke it in the microwave with sprinkled cinnamon on it...it was delicious to me. If I used 1 slice (45 calories) of what was called half the calorie bread that I bought from the store, it was a great low cal meal. I'd like to try this on one of those thin bagels that are now available from the Super Market.

The term "COTTAGE CHEESE" is believed to have originated cause the simple cottage cheese was usually made in cottages from any milk left over after making butter. The term was first used in 1848.

LUNCH today was cottage cheese, walnuts and craisins!

I love eating it almost daily. I have lost 15 pounds since the first day of Summer by eating cottage cheese and salads. That's 3 five pound bags of potatoes...ooohhhhh. I want to continue to downsize within this year so that by my 56th birthday there will be a whole lot less to look at!


I haven't ever tried to make my own cottage cheese...if I did I suppose I would call it Haven Cottage...maybe I'm onto something here.

Cottage Living can be alot of fun. Summer time where the living is easy.

God bless our HOMES

~Deanna~