Cottage cheese is used not only to make desserts, but also to create delicious low-calorie snacks. Such dish options are safe for your figure, they saturate cells with useful substances, give you a feeling of fullness for a long time, and speed up metabolic processes.
Cottage cheese with herbs and garlic for weight loss is prepared using low-calorie ingredients. There are different versions of the dish: with fresh or pickled cucumbers, kefir, yogurt, herbs, herbs. To prepare the most healthy snack, you need to know how to choose the right cottage cheese and greens to speed up fat burning.
The benefits of cottage cheese for weight loss
Some nutritionists dispute the harmlessness of this dairy product for the figure, explaining their position by the presence of milk sugar - lactose - in it. If you can still find milk without it (this option is considered optimal when losing weight), then a lactose-free curd product in Russia is too rare to hope for its existence. Lactose often becomes fatty deposits, like other sugars, so weight loss with regular consumption of cottage cheese slows down.
However, there are also benefits from this product and cannot be ignored:
- In terms of calorie content, low-fat cottage cheese is an absolutely dietary product: 71-121 kcal per 100 g (from 0% to 5% fat).
- It is an easily digestible source of calcium and is less likely to cause dyspepsia than milk.
- When losing weight, cottage cheese can replace meat products because it contains protein. There are 16.5-18 grams of protein per 100-gram serving, so it suppresses hunger for a long time.
- Compared to meat, this product will not interfere with weight loss, even if you plan to eat it in the evening - it is very light, digested quickly, but the feeling of fullness remains for a long time. However, it is better not to eat it just before bed because of lactose.
- If you mix cottage cheese with greens, you stimulate the intestines to work and cleanse it, because... all grass is rich in fiber, which is good at sweeping away excess from the digestive tract.
Which greens help you lose weight?
Almost all greens accelerate weight loss. It contains a minimum of calories and is rich in vitamins and minerals. And thanks to fiber, it cleanses the body of harmful accumulations, normalizes digestion and metabolic processes.
Cottage cheese with herbs and garlic will speed up weight loss if you supplement the recipe with parsley, dill, celery, spinach, nettles, lettuce, green onions, dandelion leaves, young shoots of garlic, etc. Parsnips, spinach, and asparagus will help you lose weight faster. These greens are most useful when eaten fresh.
What to eat cottage cheese with
Most people are accustomed to seeing this product as a filling in pancakes, pies or dumplings, i.e. with a sweet taste, because it was necessarily mixed with sugar. However, when losing weight, this combination is prohibited. The only additives in the confectionery format may be cinnamon and vanillin. Often, doctors advise making curd with herbs for weight loss: this is a simple and tasty option for an independent dish, snack, or filling for sandwiches. This mixture can even be added to oatmeal in the morning if you come from a fat-burning workout and are planning a second breakfast.
Ideal supplements during weight loss are:
- cucumbers;
- tomatoes;
- peppers;
- avocado pulp;
- eggs;
- olives;
- all types of greens;
- spices (especially ground pepper, cardamom, cumin).
For dinner
In the evening, supplements should be as low-calorie as possible, so you shouldn’t mix cottage cheese with sour cream and expect to lose weight: it’s better to get by with lettuce, arugula, parsley, and dill. Greens can also be dried, although they will give almost no taste - only aroma. If you prefer heartier dishes, you can add fat-burning vegetables: celery stalks are ideal. They are lightly fried beforehand (do not add oil!). Due to its universal fresh taste, the fermented milk product can be combined with most types of greens and other plant foods.
For breakfast
In the morning, doctors consider it safe to eat even a little simple carbohydrates - if you choose to lose weight on a healthy diet, it will not harm your figure. For this reason, it is even allowed to bake greens with cottage cheese, mixing them with egg whites or using this mass as a filling for a savory pie. In this case, it is recommended to use fresh, dry dough: a good option would be sour cream, without butter and with whole grain flour. If you do not want to heat-treat foods, you can eat curd mixture whipped with yogurt, sprinkled with assorted greens and seeds.
Due to the ability to make indulgences in the morning, you can prepare this dish for a snack and serve:
- on whole grain bread;
- on slices of fleshy tomatoes;
- in pepper halves.
Which cottage cheese to choose
To speed up weight loss, as well as saturate the body with useful substances, choose cottage cheese, the fat content of which is in the range of 1-5%. This product is rich in useful substances that the body needs; it will not harm the figure, provided that the norm is followed.
Low-fat soft cheese is not good for anyone. Those losing weight should know that it is impossible to completely give up fat, as this will have a bad effect on the skin, hair, vision, reproductive system, etc.
Choose cottage cheese based on the following criteria:
- A quality product is white.
- There should be no large lumps in it.
- The consistency of quality cheese should not be dry or too wet.
- The aroma has a slight sourness.
It is better to buy cottage cheese from trusted suppliers, because only a natural product will bring maximum benefits.
With garlic and herbs
- Cooking time: 35 min.
- Calorie content of the dish: 224 kcal.
- Purpose: for dinner.
A delicious tandem of aromatic basil and oregano, piquant garlic, a drop of olive oil and sun-dried tomatoes is a real Italian snack with minimal calories that will not stop your weight loss process. It is advisable to take fresh greens, since dried ones have a less pronounced aroma. You should cook tomatoes yourself to control their energy value: when losing weight, they use less oil than in the classic recipe.
Ingredients:
- low-fat cottage cheese – 200 g;
- garlic clove;
- fresh basil – 5 pcs.;
- oregano;
- cherry tomatoes – 100 g;
- olive oil – 1 tsp;
- coarse salt – 1 tsp.
Cooking method:
- Wash and cut the tomatoes into halves.
- Using a silicone brush, brush each half of the cut area with olive oil.
- Sprinkle with salt and place cut side up on a baking sheet.
- Let it darken in an oven preheated to 200 degrees (about 25 minutes).
- Mash the cottage cheese with a fork or beat in a blender.
- Grind basil and oregano leaves, a small clove of garlic. Mix with curd mass.
- Add cooled tomatoes and stir. Ready!
With cucumber
- Cooking time: 20 minutes.
- Calorie content of the dish: 204 kcal.
- Purpose: for breakfast.
This weight loss dish is ideal as a main dish for dinner. A small amount of spices adds piquancy, bell pepper adds sweetness that is not harmful to weight loss. If you choose a low-fat and too dry fermented milk product, you can add a tablespoon of natural yogurt to make the mixture more tender. When losing weight, you can take pickled cucumbers, but do not change their quantity.
Ingredients:
- cottage cheese 0-2% – 200 g;
- fresh cucumber – 150 g;
- garlic cloves – 2 pcs.;
- red bell pepper – 100 g;
- ground pepper (mixture) – 1 tsp;
- a bunch of parsley.
Cooking method:
- Grate the cucumber on the coarse side of a grater, finely chop the washed and seeded bell pepper.
- Pepper the cottage cheese and stir with a spoon until smooth. Add grated or pressed garlic and leave for a quarter of an hour.
- Wash the parsley, remove moisture, and chop. Mix with vegetables, add to the curd mass.
Cooking features
Many people include cottage cheese in the menu not only for its pleasant taste, but also for its beneficial properties. If they are also important to you, when purchasing this product, pay attention to its composition. Only natural cottage cheese will be truly tasty and healthy, and not a mass prepared with the addition of vegetable fats.
The expiration date of the product also matters. If the packaging indicates that it is good for several months, this should alert you: with a high degree of probability, antibiotics have been added to the product to better preserve it. Cottage cheese with a short shelf life that is about to expire is also not worth taking - it will almost certainly turn out to be sour. The best choice would be cottage cheese made from whole milk, with a short shelf life, but produced very recently.
To obtain a delicious dish, it is important not only to choose a quality product, but also to prepare it correctly.
- The curd snack will have a smoother consistency if the main product is rubbed through a sieve or blended.
- To prevent the snack from being very cool, sour cream is often added to it. If the calorie content of the finished dish is important to you, sour cream can be replaced with unsweetened yogurt, matsoni or other fermented milk product. If you want to add some spice to the appetizer, you can add mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard to it.
- It is better not to use stalks of greenery for preparing snacks - they are too coarse. It is advisable to chop the leaves as finely as possible.
- Greens should be washed and dried before adding to the appetizer. It will dry faster if you first shake it off the water and then put it on a towel that absorbs moisture well.
- The snack will have a fresher taste if it is supplemented with vegetables. It goes best with cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, and peppers.
- The curd mixture with garlic and herbs does not have to be eaten raw; it can be baked. It will acquire completely different organoleptic qualities, but will retain almost all the beneficial properties.
With dill
- Cooking time: 40 min.
- Calorie content of the dish: 287 kcal.
- Purpose: for breakfast.
A breakfast consisting of only dill, low-fat fermented milk product and egg white looks nourishing, but not dangerous for the figure. Such a dish not only does not interfere with losing weight - it is recommended to cook it during a protein diet in the morning or before training, since there are no carbohydrates and fats: the body will begin to burn its reserves during physical activity, but the muscles will not be affected, because. protein arrived for them. Find a couple of minutes in your schedule, try this dish and see that low-calorie food doesn't always taste bad.
Ingredients:
- cottage cheese 5% – 200 g;
- egg white – 50 g;
- fresh dill – 50 g;
- a pinch of ground pepper.
Cooking method:
- Mash the cottage cheese, mix with egg whites and torn dill.
- Pepper it. Transfer to a ceramic bowl.
- Place in the oven. From the moment of heating to 190 degrees, wait half an hour.
- Let the casserole cool and serve.
With cucumber and greens
- Cooking time: 10 min.
- Calorie content of the dish: 170 kcal.
- Purpose: for breakfast.
An interesting option for a simple snack that does not interfere with weight loss, but looks great even on a holiday table, is obtained if you mix the curd mass with olives (a few pieces will not greatly increase the calorie content of the dish), fennel and parsley. The presentation also deserves attention: it requires large cucumbers with hard walls - small ones are more difficult to stuff. There is no need to clean them, just wash the outside of the skin well.
Ingredients:
- soft cottage cheese 2% – 100 g;
- large cucumber – 200 g;
- fennel – 20 g;
- parsley – 30 g;
- black olives – 5 pcs.;
- salt – 1/2 tsp.
Cooking method:
- Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise. Scoop out the core with a spoon, but try to leave thick sides and bottom so that it holds the filling well.
- Cut the olives into small pieces, chop the washed greens.
- Mix the curd mass with these ingredients and add salt.
- Add the scraped core of the cucumber, which also needs to be chopped first.
- Stir and fill cucumber boats with the resulting mixture. Can be refrigerated before serving.
With greens
- Cooking time: 10 min.
- Calorie content of the dish: 303 kcal.
- Purpose: for breakfast.
The amount of vitamins in this dish is off the charts, since there are as many as 4 types of greens. Radishes also come to the aid of weight loss, preferably from your own garden - this way you won’t have to doubt the quality of this product. Use fine salt so that it disperses better, and if you want to enhance the piquancy of the taste, add a little feta cheese. This curd mass with herbs can be used to make a paste for sandwiches.
Ingredients:
- cottage cheese 0% – 300 g;
- parsley – 40 g;
- dill – 50 g;
- spinach – 100 g;
- Iceberg salad – 50 g;
- radish – 50 g;
- chicken eggs – 2 pcs.;
- salt – 1.5 tsp.
Cooking method:
- Pour over the washed eggs so that the water completely covers them.
- After boiling, cook for 7 minutes, cool.
- Remove the yolk and chop the white finely.
- Wash the greens and chop them.
- Peel and grate the radishes.
- Mix all ingredients and serve.
Delicious cottage cheese salad recipe
| INGREDIENTS | QUANTITY |
| sour cream | 25 ml |
| cucumbers | 3 pcs. |
| salt | taste |
| dill | 10 g |
| cottage cheese | 80 g |
| parsley | 10 g |
| onion | 1 head |
How much time - 10 minutes.
What is the calorie content - 48 calories.
How to cook:
- Wash the cucumbers thoroughly under running water, removing the ends.
- Fruits need to be peeled if their peel is bitter.
- Next cut into thin rings. You can use a special grater.
- Remove the skins from the onion, rinse it and cut into thin rings or half rings as desired.
- Wash the dill and parsley and chop finely with a sharp knife.
- Combine cucumbers, onions, cottage cheese, parsley and dill. Salt the ingredients to taste.
- Add sour cream, mix and serve.
How to prepare cottage cheese and cucumber salad, watch the video recipe:
With cilantro
- Cooking time: 5 minutes.
- Calorie content of the dish: 305 kcal.
- Purpose: for breakfast.
Cottage cheese with cilantro, supplemented with fresh green onions, will also be very useful during weight loss. Low-fat kefir, the amount of which you determine optionally, will add tenderness to the dish: it is needed only to soften the dry product, but not to a liquid state. You can replace kefir with fermented baked milk or sourdough, but the latter has a higher fat content and higher calorie content. If you want to use this recipe to prepare a healthy and tasty dinner for weight loss, you can add a couple of boiled quail eggs here, having previously removed the yolks from them.
Ingredients:
- cottage cheese 2% – 250 g;
- low-fat kefir – 50 ml;
- cilantro – 100 g;
- green onions – 50 g;
- ground white pepper – 1/2 tsp.
Cooking method:
- Place the curd briquette in a blender, pour in kefir. Beat for a minute to form an airy mass.
- Wash the cilantro and onion, chop finely.
- Add to cottage cheese, pepper.
- Cool the dish before serving.
Main conclusions
Cottage cheese with herbs and garlic will perfectly complement your diet when losing weight. The snack contains a minimum of calories, a lot of protein, vitamins, and minerals. It is easily digestible and quickly satisfies hunger. It can be combined with whole grain bread, toast, diet bread, fresh vegetables, eggs, etc.
To prepare this sauce, it is recommended to use cottage cheese with a fat content of 1 to 5%. Dilute too thick paste with low-fat sour cream, kefir, yogurt. Garlic, spices, and herbs (dill, parsley, cilantro, green onions, etc.) will help make the taste more rich. Cottage cheese with herbs and garlic can be eaten for breakfast or dinner when losing weight. The snack is allowed to be consumed daily, but not more than 250 g at a time.
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