Peanut Butter & Cottage Cheese

Diet and Nutrition
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OK, so they don’t sound like the most likely combination, but peanut butter and cottage cheese (specifically Natural peanut butter & Low-fat cottage cheese) have found their way into my routine. I’d like to hear anyone else’s opinions/ experiences regarding this unlikely duo. Recipe ideas would be cool too.

I personally use whichever Natural peanut butter is cheaper, and have been using either 2% or 4% low-fat cottage cheese. I like to use a ratio of 1 cup of cottage cheese to 1 tablespoon of peanut butter, with 1 packet of Splenda and cinnamon to taste. I mix it really well until it’s all the same color (kind of like the picture). It takes on a consistency sort of like mousse.

I usually only eat it before bed, but I’ve caught myself throwing it in the mix sometimes when I don’t have time/ am too lazy to cook. I started out mixing in dried berries, which tasted awesome, but the kind I use have added sugar so I leave them out now.

Anybody got any good ideas to use with these two?

Does anyone know if mixing the peanut butter with the slower absorbing cottage cheese makes one big happy slow absorbing blob to be fed off of all night?? (what i’m hoping for lol)

I read somewhere that FAT-FREE cottage cheese was not as beneficial for slow absorption purposes because it’s the fat that slows things down, so my question is which would be better 2% or 4%?

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[quote]jbnh007 wrote:
OK, so they don’t sound like the most likely combination, but peanut butter and cottage cheese (specifically Natural peanut butter & Low-fat cottage cheese) have found their way into my routine. I’d like to hear anyone else’s opinions/ experiences regarding this unlikely duo. Recipe ideas would be cool too.

I personally use whichever Natural peanut butter is cheaper, and have been using either 2% or 4% low-fat cottage cheese. I like to use a ratio of 1 cup of cottage cheese to 1 tablespoon of peanut butter, with 1 packet of Splenda and cinnamon to taste. I mix it really well until it’s all the same color (kind of like the picture). It takes on a consistency sort of like mousse.

I usually only eat it before bed, but I’ve caught myself throwing it in the mix sometimes when I don’t have time/ am too lazy to cook. I started out mixing in dried berries, which tasted awesome, but the kind I use have added sugar so I leave them out now.

Anybody got any good ideas to use with these two?

Does anyone know if mixing the peanut butter with the slower absorbing cottage cheese makes one big happy slow absorbing blob to be fed off of all night?? (what i’m hoping for lol)

I read somewhere that FAT-FREE cottage cheese was not as beneficial for slow absorption purposes because it’s the fat that slows things down, so my question is which would be better 2% or 4%?

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the PB adds quite a bit of fat depending on how much you use, so you will get the slowing benefit so long as you use “enough”. Enough is debatable. If you want, calculate how much fat you’d get in the 4% depending on the serving, and use nonfat, make up for the lost fat in pb by calculating a conversion. In any case it is probably not necessary to do all that nerdy stuff. It’s probably fine.

yes gastric emptying will slow with the added fat of the pb. If you wanted to do yourself even more of a favor you could increase the fiber of the meal, by adding say a little xanthan?(not too much!), and that would further slow gastric emptying. too much fiber will give you an immediate gastroileal reflex, resulting in some immediate shits.

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I like mixing cottage cheese into a smoothie with yougurt, milk and berries. I really hate the texture of cottage cheese so I try and blend it up with other things like you. Any recipes with it would be great.

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That’s strange that you call this an unlikely combination. I HATE cottage cheese. It’s the only food which, simply through awful taste, triggers my gag reflex. Before last March, I avoided it like child rape.

Then, I gave it another try. I was dreading bringing it to my lips, then a light bulb apppeared above my head. I went next door to my friend’s room and explained the situation. She offered me some natural peanut butter (not Skippy/Jif/whatever else is poisoned with Trans Fats) to go with it.

I blended the two along with some fruit punch flavored creatine (I needed whatever I could get my hands on to stamp out the taste.) I lifted it to my mouth, opened, chewed, and my tongue liked what it found. I actually was able to gobble the rest down with great relish.

Ever since, I really do enjoy the combination of cottage cheese and real peanut butter (better w/o the creatine.)

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I eat PB with cottage cheese as my last meal almost every day (generally about 1 1/2 hours before bed). I just mix it straight up in a bowl with a packet of Splenda and a scoop of sugar-free jelly. Sometimes I’ll add a scoop of casein as well.

I don’t use a lot of PB though… usually just whatever I get from a good-sized scoop with a spoon.

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PB + Cottage Cheese is my final meal every night.

CC is pretty difficult to choke down on its own; the consistency reminds me of curdled milk. I’m not a huge fan.

Sometimes I throw in some splenda (helps make it a little sweeter), blueberries, or dried fruit. Yeah, it breaks the carb-rule, but it tastes good and it’s still a good meal.

A scoop of chocolate protein (Metabolic Drive or whatever-) with some pbutter and cc is pretty good too

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[quote]jbnh007 wrote:
I read somewhere that FAT-FREE cottage cheese was not as beneficial for slow absorption purposes because it’s the fat that slows things down, so my question is which would be better 2% or 4%?[/quote]

I thought 4% meant it was full-fat…

I like cottage cheese and have no problems eating it by the spoonful, but I might have to try out this combination; without cinnamon. (What is America’s obsession with cinnamon, anyway!?) :slight_smile:

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[quote]jbnh007 wrote:
I read somewhere that FAT-FREE cottage cheese was not as beneficial for slow absorption purposes because it’s the fat that slows things down, so my question is which would be better 2% or 4%?
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One of the T-Nation authors (I want to say Thib, but I’m not sure) recently said that 1% was the way to go. Supposedly that’s still enough fat.

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You can mix cottage cheese and/or peanut butter with any damn thing you want. Just be aware that if you keep track of carb/protein meals or fat/protein meals, mixing peanut butter with cottag�������

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I tried cottage cheese, peanut butter and a bit of splenda last night. Yuck! :smiley: I’m going back to cottage cheese on its own.

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Peanuts, cottage cheese, chocolate Metabolic Drive… good stuff.

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CC sucks the only way i can eat it is with peaches. Peaches are not really something you want to be eating before bed time either. I somehow manage to down a cup of cottage cheese with a 1/2 cup of peaches every night though.

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See the recipe for PB Cup Bliss near the end of this article.
http://www.T-Nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1021940

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I absolutely love peanut butter…to the point I have had to stop buying it. I can’t stop at just one spoonful.

What I do now is mix cottage cheese with 12% peanut flour, chocolate Metabolic Drive, and a little water. It is delicious, and has a lot less calories and fat than regular peanut butter. You can buy the peanut flour online (let me know if you need a link).

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CC plus PB has been a staple of my diet for a while… Toss in a chopped apple or a banana and its good-to-go, I might go so far as to call it dessert-like.

Also… Cottage cheese + fruit (like peaches, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries) and then add some walnuts or almonds is very good as well.

The PB is also a GREAT way to mask the taste of flax seed.

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So I tried this last night with 2% cottage cheese and extra crunchy peanut butter. It was…interesting. I’m thinking it’s probably better with creamy peanut butter.

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sounds interesting, for when I am not dieting for a show.

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Like others, this is my last meal of the day.

CC+ Natty PB+ Splenda+ Cinnamon.

Good stuff.

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Looks like I’m the odd one out! :smiley:

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Best before-bed meal ever:

2% cottage cheese
natural peanut butter
flax meal
Metabolic Drive

Have had it for a little over a year now and still not tired of it.