Cottage Cheese: Tips, Health Benefits, & 10 Recipes
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Cottage cheese is a pretty common and generally favorable food, both as a snack and as an ingredient in lots of dishes, from breakfast to dinner to snacks.
It’s not for everyone, but if you can get away with covertly hiding it in your next meal, you definitely should. There are LOADS of health benefits, and it’s great for weight loss.
Cottage cheese is, obviously, a cheese, making it a dairy product (so if you’re lactose intolerant, maybe skip this one). It’s made by adding a bacterial culture, which produces lactic acid, to pasteurized milk, which causes a separation of milk solids (the curds) from the whey (the liquid).
This is technically a curdling process, and the good bacteria that forms is excellent for your probiotic health! However, not all cottage cheese has good bacteria—be sure to check the label for “live and active cultures.”
Cottage cheese has no added sugars or saturated fat calories, making it an ideal food to keep in your diet if you’re trying to lose weight. A protein called casein is produced in cottage cheese.
Casein takes your body longer to absorb and digest, which can help with appetite control and building muscle.
With only 5 grams of carbohydrates, plain cottage cheese is also fantastic for managing or even lowering blood sugar levels.
With calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and vitamin B12, you really can’t beat cottage cheese in terms of health benefits – and remember, there are so many different ways you can incorporate cottage cheese into your meals!
Here are some of my favorite recipes that include cottage cheese: