Cottage cheese is one of those foods that mixes well with a large variety of other foods. In its purest form, the ingredients of cottage cheese are simply milk, cream, and salt. It is hard to go wrong with your mix-in choices based on these ingredients since it is sort of a neutral flavor. What […]
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If you are a frequent grocery shopper, you probably have noticed the word “protein” as a marketing buzzword on food packaging. Protein has become a selling point for many products as its benefits have become popularized widespread. It is hard to not notice at least a few products in the supermarket boldly labeled as “protein”
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Cottage cheese is made by curdling milk to form cheese curds. These curds are separated and drained from the liquid portion (whey). In most store bought cottage cheese products, cream is added to the curds at the end of production to create that classic chunky but slightly runny cottage cheese texture. Uncreamed cottage cheese (dry curd
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Full-fat cottage cheese is believed to have an advantage over lower fat cottage cheese because it is said to have the fewest fillers. However, this is not often the case. Many full-fat varieties have the same ingredients as their lower fat siblings. Ingredients typically vary by brand but not much with products within the same brand.
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The cottage cheese fat content will vary based on the milkfat percentage that is used in manufacturing. Cottage cheese typically comes in four different types of milkfat percentages: fat-free, 1 percent 2 percent, and 4 percent. Naturally, the higher the percentage of milkfat, the higher fat content in cottage cheese. Ideally, everyone would eat fat-free
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People have become increasingly interested in probiotics over the previous five years. This likely due to the emergence of probiotic supplement and Greek yogurt as the cool kid in the world of dairy. Greek yogurt contains probiotics in case you missed one, of what seems like a thousand,Jamie Lee Curtis Activia commercials where she touts
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Many of us know cottage cheese is good for you, but it is only as long as it stays fresh. Some people ask us, “Does cottage cheese go bad?” and the answer is, without a question, yes. Cottage cheese is a dairy product which means it is made from animal milk. The majority of cottage cheese
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It is difficult to answer “Is Cottage Cheese Low Carb?” because there is not an official definition that clarifies what exactly is a low-carb food. Regardless, it is hard to argue that cottage cheese isn’t a low-carb food. While it does have some carbohydrates, most varieties have less than 10 grams per one cup. As
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