4 cottage cheese is creamier than 2 cottage cheese.
The difference between 2 and 4 cottage cheese is the amount of fat and calories they contain.
2 cottage cheese contains 2 percent fat and 4 cottage cheese contains 4 percent fat.
4 percent fat cottage cheese is creamier than 2 percent fat cottage cheese.
The reason it's called cottage cheese is because cottage cheese used to be made in cottages and farmhouses where people would have an excess of milk from making butter and then would use that extra milk to make the cottage cheese.
The amount of cottage cheese you should eat a day is 1/2 cup to 1 cup or a small bowl of cottage cheese a day.
To reap the health benefits of cottage cheese you should eat cottage cheese at least 2 times to 3 times a week.
However if you want to eat a bit of cottage cheese or a bowl of cottage cheese everyday you can do so without any problems.
Cottage cheese is healthy as it contains calcium, protein and B vitamins.
Eating cottage cheese at night is good for you as it provides you with protein and gives you a quicker metabolism, stronger muscles and improves your overall health.
Eating cottage cheese at night or before bed can also help some people sleep better at night and it's easily digestible.
Things you can add to cottage cheese to make it taste better are.
chocolate chips, chocolate chunks, chocolate shavings.
Dried or fresh fruit such as apricots or cranberries.
Chopped peaches, pineapple, plums, berries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries.
Jam and toasted nuts.
Granola and honey or Granola and maple syrup.
The seasoning that tastes good on cottage cheese is flaky sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, a drizzle of olive oil, chopped basil or a dash of salt and pepper.
The most popular way to eat cottage cheese is to top the cottage cheese with some fresh fruit such as Kiwi, blueberries, strawberries etc or even eating it plain.
I love eating cottage cheese plain and I can easily go through 2 to 4 containers of cottage cheese in a day by myself if I'm really craving it but I try not to do that as it can be unhealthy to eat too much cottage cheese.
The crackers to eat with cottage cheese are Ritz crackers although Saltine Crackers are also good with cottage cheese.
Foods you can eat with cottage cheese for breakfast are.
Toast.
Creamy Raspberry Almond Bowls.
Sweet Cinnamon English Muffins.
Avocado Cottage Cheese Bowls.
Grapefruit bowls with pineapple cottage cheese.
Berry cottage cheese smoothies.
Tomato and Fresh Avocado Bagels.
Oatmeal.
Fresh Fruit and Dried Fruits.
Chopped peaches, plums, pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries.
You don't need to rinse cottage cheese unless you want to reduce your sodium intake or unless you're feeding the cottage cheese to a baby.
For babies and for people that need to watch their sodium intake it's best to rinse the cottage cheese in a fine mesh colander under cold water which reduces the sodium levels in the cottage cheese by 60 percent.
Cottage cheese is anti inflammatory and consuming cottage cheese can reduce inflammation in the body which can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes when consumed in moderation.
It is OK to eat full fat cottage cheese although you should only eat full fat cottage cheese in moderation as it can be fattening and contribute to weight gain and other health issues.
There are some things that are unhealthy about cottage cheese which is mainly the high levels of fat and sodium which can be bad for heart health and put you at increased risk of weight gain and heart disease when consumed in excess.
However when consumed in moderation cottage cheese is healthy for you and contains calcium, vitamins and other nutrients.
The chunks in cottage cheese are curds which are the lumps or chunks in the cottage cheese and the liquid in cottage cheese is the whey.
Cottage cheese is also known as curds and whey and starts out from pasteurized nonfat milk.
The black specks in cottage cheese are bismuth residues which get into the milk and into the cottage cheese and cause the harmless black spots or black specks in the cottage cheese.
The black specks or bismuth residues also appear in some other cheeses and the cheese is still safe to eat.
Cottage cheese is a curdled milk product also known as curds and whey with a mild flavor and a creamy, heterogenous, soupy texture.
The cottage cheese is made from skimmed milk by draining curds but retaining some of the whey and keeping the curds loose.
Cottage cheese is an excellent source of calcium, a mineral that plays a major role in tooth and bone health, and in the prevention of osteoporosis.
It also helps you to regulate your blood pressure and might even play a role in preventing certain cancers, such as prostate cancer.
Cottage cheese is called Crowdie in Scotland which has been made by the Crofters of Scotland for centuries.
In Gaelic cottage cheese is called Gruth.
Cottage cheese is a curdled milk product with a mild flavor and a creamy, heterogenous, soupy texture.
It is made from skimmed milk by draining curds but retaining some of the whey and keeping the curds loose.
Cottage cheese does not have rennet as traditional cottage cheese and Paneer is made without the use of rennet and is instead coagulated with vinegar or lemon juice which is an acidic ingredient.
Vegetarians cannot eat rennet as rennet comes from the stomach of ruminant animals such as goats and cows and is an enzyme.
Because rennet is obtained from animals it is not vegetarian.
The way you get rennet is by deriving the rennet from the stomach fat of a goat, lamb or calf.
Most stomach-derived rennet is taken from the fourth stomach of young, unweaned calves.
These animals are not killed expressly for their rennet; rather they are killed for meat production (in this case, veal) and the rennet is a byproduct.
Animal rennet is derived from the stomach of a calf, lamb or goat while their diets are still limited to milk, this is typically 90% pure chymosin.
Vegetable rennet is made from a type of mold (Mucur Miehei).
However, even though it is derived from mold, there is no mold contained in the final product.