Don't buy it in the first place, some might say! By cottage cheese I mean the low fat, very mild tasting cheese that comes in a plastic tub from the supermarket:
I think cottage cheese is very versatile, though I don't know about the low-fat stuff. I get the full-fat "country style" kind.
MrsTasty will eat it with a big dose of black pepper. I use it to make a breakfast pizza of sorts; a mix of mozzarella and cottage cheeses, bacon, some herbs, and cracked eggs on top:
What did you cook or eat today (August 2019)?
I buy it once in a very, very great while, but eat it as is with peaches or pineapple. I will not use it as a sub for ricotta, but, as mentioned previously, lots do.
Good for dieting. Can't think of any other reason to eat it.
Most supermarket ricotta, even the whole milk stuff, is a bit grainy (here, anyway). I think the cottage cheese helps even that out a bit.I eat it with ketchup and pepper... left over habit from budget strapped college days
Had an aunt who used it along with ricotta in lasagna. Layer of pasta, layer of ricotta, layer of meat sauce, layer of pasta, layer of cottage cheese, layer of meat sauce till the pan was full. Top layer was meat sauce with mozzarella on top.