Food of the week - Cottage Cheese

Hey all,

So this week, I decided to try cottage cheese.  The reason I never tried it or gave it a chance was because of the texture.  I couldn't fathom trying to put something that lumpy into my mouth, much less swallow it.  It never smelled amazing - in fact, it never really had a smell at all.  But my mother raves about it, and it's been in our fridge more than a few times.  So I figured, why not?

I didn't want to buy a big tub of it in case I didn't like it.  I also wanted to keep it healthy and WW-friendly.  So I went with Friendship's 1% milkfat cottage cheese.  The first thing I did (as I do with most of my foods) is divided it into separate containers based on the serving size.  That way I know exactly how much I'm eating and I'm not tempted to keep going.  Once I'm finished with a container, that's it.  But back to the cottage cheese - I opened one container and tried it.  I had a little trouble with the texture at first, but I told myself I had to get past it.  And I did! I LOVED it.  I don't know what I was expecting, but I didn't think it was going to have such a "cheesy" (for lack of a better word) flavor.  I thought it was going to be bitter or sour, along the lines of sour cream.  I was wrong, and I'm glad I was!!  I added a little bit of cinnamon (having seen my mother do this plenty of times) and it wasn't bad.  But I think I prefer just straight-up cottage cheese.

Add this to the list of things I'll be eating again!  Wooohooo!!