Make Consuming Simpler – The Cottage Cheese Version • Easy Nourished Residing
On this episode of Easy Shifts: Conversations to Gas the Physique, Thoughts and Soul, Martha and Peter talk about simplify consuming with versatile components, specializing in cottage cheese. They discover numerous simple recipes and meal concepts that incorporate cottage cheese, emphasizing its adaptability for singles and {couples}. The dialog encourages listeners to embrace simplicity in cooking and share their very own concepts.
Make Consuming Simpler – The Cottage Cheese Version Podcast
Video Transcript
Martha McKinnon (00:00)
Hello, welcome to Easy Shifts: Conversations to Gas the Physique, Thoughts and Soul. I’m Martha McKinnon from the weblog Easy Nourished Residing and with me is my brother and accomplice, Peter Morrison.
Peter Morrison (00:12)
Hello there.
Martha McKinnon (00:14)
Hello, how are you?
Peter Morrison (00:16)
I’m doing good. How are you immediately?
Martha McKinnon (00:19)
I’m doing very well. So on immediately’s episode, I believed it could be enjoyable to speak about ways in which we are able to make consuming simpler. And there’s a lot of alternative ways we are able to make consuming simpler. And I believed this might perhaps even be an entire collection. However what got here to my thoughts immediately was cottage cheese as an ingredient only for having the ability to feed your self in a large number of how, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks.
And so you probably have cottage cheese within the fridge, you’ll be able to feed your self in a means that’s simple. Some methods require cooking, different methods don’t. And typically I believe it may very well be useful simply to consider an ingredient while you’re feeling overwhelmed. When you have one or two go-to components, then you’ll be able to feed your self in a means that’s simple and easy. And a whole lot of our readers are singles or {couples}.
And to allow them to work for households, however oftentimes, I believe what’s useful right here, what we get a whole lot of suggestions round is, how do I feed myself if it’s simply me? You already know, I need to maintain it easy. I don’t need to go to a whole lot of bother. And so cottage cheese might be a type of go-tos. I adore it.
We now have a whole lot of recipes on the Easy Nourished Residing that we are able to hyperlink out to on this publish. One which involves my thoughts, cottage cheese simply makes such a simple breakfast. There are such a lot of methods you’ll be able to, know, cottage cheese with any quantity, any sort of fruit, contemporary fruit, canned fruit. We love pineapple with cottage cheese. We love peaches with cottage cheese. I really like berries with cottage cheese.
On the web site, we have now type of a fancier cottage cheese and fruit that’s type of a banana cut up bowl, , with bananas and a few fruit and just a bit sprinkling of granola. And so it simply makes for a simple breakfast. You would make a smoothie bowl, cottage cheese together with your smoothie or as a smoothie bowl, may very well be one other nice, easy breakfast.
Peter Morrison (02:18)
The traditional Danish, proper? The Weight Watchers danish.
Martha McKinnon (02:23)
Sure, and so we have now an ideal classic recipe. It’s from the primary, that authentic Weight Watchers cookbook (affiliate hyperlink) that got here out,I believe it was within the late 60s for a cottage cheese danish. And so principally that may very well be a slice of toast, an English muffin, gently toasted, after which topped with cottage cheese, a little bit sprinkle of cinnamon warmed within the toaster oven for a couple of minutes. That’s form of a traditional classic go-to recipe that we are able to hyperlink out to on the location.
Peter Morrison (02:55)
I typically add it to scrambled eggs too. Sunday mornings we have now type of a late breakfast lunch type of factor.
Martha McKinnon (03:04)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah, and so, and once more, eggs might be nice for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, proper? Actual simple. So you possibly can add cottage cheese to your scrambled eggs, to an omelet, and revel in that for a fast and simple lunch, for a fast and simple dinner, for breakfast. Positively, that’s an ideal one.
There’s one other fantastic recipe on the location that makes use of cottage cheese and eggs after which another, once more very versatile recipe some veggies. I believe the recipe on our web site has a little bit little bit of ham in it, but it surely wouldn’t must. You would add extra greens. And principally, the concoction is combined collectively, positioned inside a tortilla. You line a pie plate (affiliate hyperlink) with a tortilla, and then you definitely take the combination, put it within the pie plate, within the tortilla, within the oven for a couple of minutes.
And that’s simply, once more, it’s meal prep too, as a result of it’ll make a number of slices that you possibly can then simply heat up for a fast and simple breakfast, lunch, or dinner all through the week. So it’s form of quiche-ish, however in a a lot less complicated kind. In order that’s one other go-to means to make use of cottage cheese.
Cottage cheese might be nice on a baked potato. In truth, I used to be simply out for dinner the place the restaurant we went to serves an exquisite, in lieu of bitter cream, it’s simply cottage cheese that’s been blended with some herbs, black pepper, garlic, and that may be nice on a baked potato.
One of many classics, once more, that I realized at Weight Watchers conferences years in the past was simply the mix of cottage cheese and salsa in a baked potato. And once more, it’s only a fast and simple lunch or dinner that doesn’t take a whole lot of effort in any respect. In the event you’ve bought a microwave (affiliate hyperlink), you don’t even must bake the potato within the oven. You possibly can simply pop it within the microwave for 5 minutes or so.
Peter Morrison (04:55)
You talked about cottage cheese bowls or like a banana cut up bowl or a smoothie bowl, however did you point out smoothies? I neglect.
Martha McKinnon (05:07)
Mm-hmm. Yeah, nicely I stated form of smoothie bowl or smoothies, so both one. Yeah, cottage cheese. And particularly for individuals who don’t like Greek yogurt. Greek yogurt might be very tangy for some of us, and so cottage cheese could be a nice different to Greek yogurt when you’re utilizing the fats free it’s zero factors on the Weight Watchers Plan. And it offers that good enhance of protein, however much less tangy when you discover that offensive a part of Greek yogurt.
And you may take it , as we stated, bowls, we form of went in a candy course with the fruit, however you’ll be able to go savory, , with veggies. So you’ll be able to take your cottage cheese and blend it with any quantity of greens, protein, , and create a savory bowl at lunchtime. I like to take, , chopped radish, bell pepper, cucumber. I really like lemon pepper with the cottage cheese on this concoction in a bowl, and so that may make an ideal, fast and simple lunch. You would enhance it even additional with arduous boiled egg or tuna when you needed much more protein.
What else can we do with cottage cheese?
Peter Morrison (06:12)
Isn’t there some, aren’t there some recipes on the web site that add it to pasta?
Martha McKinnon (06:20)
Sure, so cottage cheese could be a nice enhance to pasta in lieu of, , in a pasta bake. Even simply even stirred in, , stirred in. You would take, , cottage cheese and simply stir it right into a pasta and add no matter greens you needed. We’ve bought a few baked recipes we are able to hyperlink out to. There’s one which makes use of a tomato and zucchini in a form of a ziti bake. You should utilize it in lieu of ricotta cheese in a lasagna or some sort of baked pasta, so it has a whole lot of makes use of with pasta.
Once more, one other nice approach to enhance the protein while you’re consuming your pasta. You would combine it with rice too. Orzo can be enjoyable. You already know, the form of cottage cheese, orzo, peas, all warmed collectively, that may very well be actually cozy, comforting. So you’ll be able to prepare dinner it, you’ll be able to, , eat it as it’s, and you should utilize it actually any time of day.
I hope that is useful for people in, once more, simply pondering simple methods to eat. It doesn’t must be difficult to eat nicely, to eat merely, to eat wholesome, when you simply give your self a little bit little bit of time to consider it and have a number of components available. So I believe this may very well be a enjoyable ongoing collection the place we simply discuss totally different gadgets, totally different components that we are able to use simply in a large number of how in order that you probably have this ingredient readily available , you’ll be able to feed your self.
Peter Morrison (07:46)
Yeah, I prefer it. It’s a good suggestion.
Martha McKinnon (07:49)
Cool. Another ideas? I’d love for readers to share as a result of I at all times love the feedback. I really like that nevertheless many concepts I’ve there’s at all times extra and I really like when readers share with me as a result of I really like all these I really like the concepts and different readers are benefited while you share feedback so in order that’s actually nice.
Peter Morrison (08:09)
Proper, and I really feel like on Fb, I believe, perhaps Instagram, I’ve seen, I wanna say it’s referred to as a pizza bowl, perhaps. I’ll must see if I might discover it. It’s like cottage cheese, perhaps crushed tomatoes, most likely some oregano, and perhaps some turkey pepperoni or one thing. Seems to be fascinating.
Martha McKinnon (08:36)
Mm-hmm. Yep, yep. So that you get all these flavors, , in a a lot more healthy means.
Peter Morrison (08:47)
Nice. Thanks for sharing. In the event you discovered this useful, please share it, like, subscribe. We’d love any assist you possibly can provide.
Martha McKinnon (08:58)
And be sure you try Easy Nourished Residing the place you’ll discover tons of simple, wholesome, Weight Watchers pleasant recipes and tons of ideas that can assist you in your weight reduction, weight administration journey.
Peter Morrison (09:12)
Have a great day.
Martha McKinnon (09:14)
Have a great day. Take care, everybody.
