Cottage Cheese Just Got a Major Upgrade

Key takeaways

• Transform cottage cheese into a smooth, creamy spread using a food processor.
• Boost flavor with everything bagel seasoning for a savory cottage cheese snack.
• Enjoy protein-rich cottage cheese on chips, crackers, vegetables or sandwiches.

Summary

Cottage cheese is highlighted as a nutritious option that provides calcium, vitamin D3 and protein, especially as people age and become more intentional about nourishment. Chef David Kamen demonstrates an easy way to improve its texture by pureeing low-fat cottage cheese until it becomes smooth and creamy.

After blending, he adds everything bagel seasoning to create a flavorful spread. The finished mixture can be enjoyed on bagel chips, whole wheat crackers, as a vegetable dip or even as a sandwich spread, offering a versatile and satisfying snack.

The key takeaways and summary were created with the assistance of generative AI. An AARP editor reviewed and refined the content for accuracy and clarity.

Full transcript

[0:00:00] So as we age, we need to be a little bit more deliberate with our nourishment.
[0:00:01]
[0:00:03] Uh, cottage cheese is a great answer.
[0:00:06] It’s got a lot of calcium.
[0:00:07] It’s got a lot of vitamin D3.
[0:00:09] It’s got a lot of protein.
[0:00:10] But let’s face it, it doesn’t look very good, and some people are put off by the texture. But we can fix that.
[0:00:16] So here we go.
[0:00:18] I’m gonna take our cottage cheese. We’re gonna whip it up in this food processor here.
[0:00:22] We’re using low-fat cottage cheese.
[0:00:24] Drop it right here into the food processor, and we’re gonna let it puree until it’s nice and smooth and creamy.
[0:00:32] Looking good.
[0:00:33] Smoothing out.
[0:00:34] Smooth operator.
[0:00:37] Here’s our cottage cheese after.
[0:00:40] Here’s our cottage cheese before.
[0:00:43] So you can see it’s nice and smooth, nice and creamy.
[0:00:46] So now we’re gonna add some everything bagel seasoning to it.
[0:00:49] It’s full of onions and garlic and sesame seeds and poppy seeds, and even that coarse bagel salt that we really like.
[0:00:55] There’s just a host of flavor.
[0:00:57] And then we just wanna pulse this a little bit, just enough to get it to mix in.
[0:01:04] OK, there we go.
[0:01:06] This is our everything spiced cottage cheese.
[0:01:08] I spread it on some of these bagel chips here for a really nice little snack.
[0:01:13] You can put this on whole wheat crackers.
[0:01:16] You can use this as a dip for vegetables.
[0:01:19] You could even spread this on a sandwich.
[0:01:25] Crunchy and creamy and flavorful.
[0:01:28] I could eat a whole plate of those.