If you don't like the taste of cottage cheese, you're not alone. The mere thought of eating it plain makes many people retch, myself included. However it can't be denied that it is a really good source of protein, especially the slow digesting casein variety. It's also a great source of calcium if you don't like drinking milk. Many people that are trying to lose weight or that lift weights have an increased demand for protein intake in their daily diet, so getting protein from any source they can is vital to them. For that reason, it's not a smart thing to give up entirely on a source of protein just because they don't like the taste of it.
The key to eating cottage cheese if you don't like the taste of it, is to simply mask the taste! This is actually a very easy thing to do, contrary to what you might think because of the way it smells. It smells like it has a really strong taste and that you'd need really powerful foods to mask it's flavor. The reality is that cottage cheese has a very weak flavor and many things can be used to overpower it.
One of the simplest ways to make cottage cheese edible, is to mix it with yogurt! This is incredibly easy, because yogurt comes prepackaged in small single serving containers, and it comes in a large variety of different flavors! These small yogurt containers come in flavors ranging from apple turnover to key lime pie to vanilla and everything in between. All you need to do is have some sort of bowl or empty container to eat out of, pour in the cottage cheese, and then open up your yogurt container and empty it in. Grab a spoon and stir it all up till it's nice and blended, and then enjoy! You won't taste the cottage cheese at all, you'll just get the flavor of your yogurt!
The next way is a bit more involved, but can taste extremely well. It's more involved because it involves using fresh fruit. You'll just need to get a nice sized portion of whatever your favorite fruit is and remove any stems, seeds, or skins you don't want. Place the cottage cheese in a blender, put your fruit in next and then blend it together until it's smooth. I personally recommend fresh strawberries, cherries, or blueberries.
If neither of those options sound good to you, or you just want to switch it up a bit, my last suggestion is a little sticky. Mix your cottage cheese with some good honey, and sprinkle a generous amount of cinnamon over it, then mix it all up of course. This makes a really sweet taste, but in my opinion is not as good as the previous two methods. Still, it's all up to our individual tastes and this might be the best way for you!
You don't have to give up this great food if you don't like its taste. Try one of the methods above, and I bet you'll agree that you can't taste the cottage cheese at all!
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