Monday, January 14, 2008
"You put cottage cheese in what?"
| My choice of breakfast constantly gets made fun of by my co-workers. And really, I can understand them turning their noses up at the notion of mixing cottage cheese with oatmeal and peanut butter; that just doesn't sound right. The combination is, however, much, much tastier than it sounds, and it's the best, tastiest and most convenient way I've yet found to add protein to my morning meal. I've long been an oatmeal devotee, since way before the media starting touting its health benefits. There's just something about its wholesome heartiness--or maybe that's hearty wholesomeness--that makes me feel like I've started my morning off right. But carbs alone do not a healthy breakfast make--sorry, Special K--and so the addition of cottage cheese (protein) and peanut butter (healthy unsaturated fat) to make it a healthy breakfast-in-a-bowl. "Jean," some of you, as well as some of my co-workers, may ask, "why not just eat the cottage cheese on the side? Do you have to mix it in your oatmeal? Because frankly, that sounds pretty nasty." I could do that, except for the fact that my palate finds cottage cheese on its own to be pretty nasty in its own right. Plus, that would require juggling two bowls with my coffee cup on the way back from the office kitchen. The cottage cheese mixed in, however, gives my oatmeal a tangy kick and makes the texture of the cheese bearable. They can scoff all they like. I, meanwhile, get to feel superior in the knowledge that my breakfast will keep me sustained and energized all morning, and won't fill out my waistline and make me crash after two hours like their donuts and bagels always do. And there's the yummy factor. Because it is, indeed, yummy. Trust me on this. |
i love cottage cheese. try some mixed with fruit like pinapple or tomato!
I do like it mixed with fruit, especially berries or pineapple. I've never tried tomato...that sounds interesting. It's also good with raisins and nuts mixed in. I just can't stand cottage cheese all by itself; then the texture squicks me out.
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