The reason to use an egg with ricotta cheese is to help bind the cheese for the lasagna so that it does not ooze out of the lasagna or casserole when you cut it.
The egg helps all the cheesy goodness of the ricotta cheese to stay intact.
Cottage cheese does not taste the same as ricotta in lasagna as cottage cheese has a sharper and more acidic flavor than ricotta.
Ricotta cheese has a sweeter taste and does not clash with the ingredients in Lasagna like cottage cheese would.
Cottage cheese also remains grainy and lumpy in lasagna which is not ideal.
It is OK to eat ricotta everyday as it is healthy and is good as a part of a balanced diet.
However eating too much of the Ricotta could be fattening but as long as you eat small amounts of ricotta everyday it can benefit your health.
You can eat ricotta straight out of the container or add it to bread or other foods.
You can freeze ricotta cheese although when frozen and thawed the ricotta cheese will have a grainier texture although the flavor will still be the same.
Ricotta cheese is somewhat high in sodium with 136 mg of sodium per half cup of ricotta cheese.
The best way to eat ricotta cheese is to spread it on some toast, nachos or eat the ricotta cheese plain or even on salads.
You can eat ricotta cheese by itself or spread it on bread or add the ricotta cheese to other dishes.
I eat ricotta cheese by itself just like I would eat some cottage cheese by itself.
Italians eat ricotta cheese by itself or by adding honey, ham or spreading the ricotta cheese on warm bread.
Ricotta cheese is mainly used for dishes such as stuffed shells and Lasagna although Ricotta Cheese can be used in many other dishes or even eaten plain.
You can also use ricotta cheese on toast or put it with corn, scallions, pesto, tomatoes, fried eggs etc.
Or top the ricotta cheese with strawberries or honey or bananas, nutella or other fruits.
Ricotta cheese is an Italian whey cheese that is made from sheep, cow, goat, or Italian water buffalo milk whey left over from the production of other cheeses.
Like other whey cheeses, Ricotta cheese is made by coagulating the proteins that remain after the casein has been used to make cheese, notably albumin and globulin.
Ricotta Cheese can be frozen but when frozen Ricotta Cheese changes in texture.
However it's still safe to eat and frozen Ricotta Cheese is good in baked goods.
The ricotta cheese can be frozen for up to 2 months.
When freezing ricotta cheese just be aware that while the ricotta cheese can be frozen that the texture and taste of the ricotta cheese can change.
The ricotta cheese will remain safe to eat but it may not taste as good.
I would only freeze cheese such as ricotta cheese or any other cheese if I were just using the ricotta cheese or other cheese for cooking.
When cooking with ricotta cheese or any other frozen cheese you won't notice the texture or taste change.
But even if you don't cook with the cheese it's still okay to freeze it.
Ricotta is an Italian whey cheese made from sheep, cow, goat, or Italian water buffalo milk whey left over from the production of other cheeses.
Like other whey cheeses, it is made by coagulating the proteins that remain after the casein has been used to make cheese, notably albumin and globulin.