Recently, I've been experimenting with all types of foods that taste good to me and are healthy. I call this 'finding my yummy line'. Everyone's got his/her own yummy line based on his/her tastes and his/her body's needs. I've just discovered that my yummy line lies somewhere near cottage cheese. Of course, you might hate cheese in general- I don't know that. That's why I don't consider a yummy line something general. But if you don't hate cheese and are not lactose-intolerant, cottage cheese might be something you'll want to look into.
Personally, I'm not a big fan of eating plain cottage cheese solo. That's why I tried combining cottage cheese with other ingredients that are usually a go-to for me. Not every one of my experiments turned out so great-like cottage cheese and peanut butter-but I did have some big winners. For example my cottage cheese, chive, and dandelion leaf pretzel dip. That was the best replacement for nacho chips and canned salsa I've ever found. It might sound really complicated but that's only because I literally listed all of its ingredients in its name. You might also be thinking how in the world I came up with this crazy dip idea.
Easy: necessity is the mother of invention. :)
After doing my morning workout, I was really craving something dipable. The only 'official dip' we had in my house was a jar of salsa. I was thinking, 'Oooh! Salsa's not that unhealthy. I think I can make an exception. Now, I just need to find some chips.' By chips, I strictly meant tortilla- I wasn't planning to regain all the calories I burned. And yet, the only chips I find is a bag of nachos-the really flavored salty ones.
So at that point, I just drop the whole salsa idea.
But I don't drop my crave.
I go through my fridge and pull out some cottage cheese-sounds dipable, I guess. I pull out some chives for flavor and my hand comes across dandelion leaves(!). So I mix everything together and then I realize I need something to dip in the dip. I already know I'm out of chips...so I get creative-pretzels!
SCORE!!!
I've satisfied my crave in a healthy way. :)
AND, at the same time, found something in my yummy line.
Personally, I'm not a big fan of eating plain cottage cheese solo. That's why I tried combining cottage cheese with other ingredients that are usually a go-to for me. Not every one of my experiments turned out so great-like cottage cheese and peanut butter-but I did have some big winners. For example my cottage cheese, chive, and dandelion leaf pretzel dip. That was the best replacement for nacho chips and canned salsa I've ever found. It might sound really complicated but that's only because I literally listed all of its ingredients in its name. You might also be thinking how in the world I came up with this crazy dip idea.
Easy: necessity is the mother of invention. :)
After doing my morning workout, I was really craving something dipable. The only 'official dip' we had in my house was a jar of salsa. I was thinking, 'Oooh! Salsa's not that unhealthy. I think I can make an exception. Now, I just need to find some chips.' By chips, I strictly meant tortilla- I wasn't planning to regain all the calories I burned. And yet, the only chips I find is a bag of nachos-the really flavored salty ones.
So at that point, I just drop the whole salsa idea.
But I don't drop my crave.
I go through my fridge and pull out some cottage cheese-sounds dipable, I guess. I pull out some chives for flavor and my hand comes across dandelion leaves(!). So I mix everything together and then I realize I need something to dip in the dip. I already know I'm out of chips...so I get creative-pretzels!
SCORE!!!
I've satisfied my crave in a healthy way. :)
AND, at the same time, found something in my yummy line.