posted on 3/27/08 by candace
As I sit at my desk eating lunch, I realize there is truly only one food I couldn’t live without. It’s cottage cheese.
I eat cottage cheese every day — usually for lunch and sometimes with dinner. To me, it’s the purest comfort food there is. I love it with apples, pears or pineapple, dolloped on top of a green tossed salad (before adding the dressing) or baked potato (in place of sour cream), as a filling for a sandwich (wheat bread, mayonnaise, sliced cucumber and cottage cheese), or spooned into a hollowed out cantaloupe half — basically anyway I can get it.
But one way I don’t eat it much is baked into other foods. Below is a recipe, from WholeFoodsMarket.com, that I think I’ll try this weekend.
What about you? What’s the one food you can’t live without? Please click “post your comments” below and let us know. We’ll tally the results and report back.
P.S. President Richard Nixon once told a reporter that he managed his weight by eating cottage cheese for lunch. Not plain, though; he liked to put ketchup on it. Now that’s one way I will not eat it.
Fluffy Cottage Cheese Pancakes
In these moist and tender pancakes, the cottage cheese adds quality calcium and protein. Serve with a bit of butter and maple syrup or, for a special treat, top with organic fig spread.
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
4 eggs
1 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons canola oil
1. In a large mixing bowl, blend the flour, baking soda, salt and sugar. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, cottage cheese, milk and oil. Add the flour mixture to the liquid ingredients, whisking until completely blended.
2. Spray a skillet or a griddle with canola oil spray. Heat over medium. Drop batter by the quarter cup onto the hot skillet. Cook just a few minutes, checking the underside and adjusting the heat as needed. Flip when browned and continue to cook on the other side until lightly browned. Serves 4.
I eat cottage cheese every day — usually for lunch and sometimes with dinner. To me, it’s the purest comfort food there is. I love it with apples, pears or pineapple, dolloped on top of a green tossed salad (before adding the dressing) or baked potato (in place of sour cream), as a filling for a sandwich (wheat bread, mayonnaise, sliced cucumber and cottage cheese), or spooned into a hollowed out cantaloupe half — basically anyway I can get it.
But one way I don’t eat it much is baked into other foods. Below is a recipe, from WholeFoodsMarket.com, that I think I’ll try this weekend.
What about you? What’s the one food you can’t live without? Please click “post your comments” below and let us know. We’ll tally the results and report back.
P.S. President Richard Nixon once told a reporter that he managed his weight by eating cottage cheese for lunch. Not plain, though; he liked to put ketchup on it. Now that’s one way I will not eat it.
Fluffy Cottage Cheese Pancakes
In these moist and tender pancakes, the cottage cheese adds quality calcium and protein. Serve with a bit of butter and maple syrup or, for a special treat, top with organic fig spread.
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
4 eggs
1 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons canola oil
1. In a large mixing bowl, blend the flour, baking soda, salt and sugar. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, cottage cheese, milk and oil. Add the flour mixture to the liquid ingredients, whisking until completely blended.
2. Spray a skillet or a griddle with canola oil spray. Heat over medium. Drop batter by the quarter cup onto the hot skillet. Cook just a few minutes, checking the underside and adjusting the heat as needed. Flip when browned and continue to cook on the other side until lightly browned. Serves 4.
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