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Pee wrote: »

I would say quark is better than yoghurt for cooking, but it might just be that I haven't tried cooking with yoghurt enough. I think quark is a wonder food, and very cheesy - when there is other cheese in the recipe.

Hummous - i thought you could make syn free hummous but that the shop bought one is synned.

Shop bought houmous is synned (presumably b/c of the oil etc), but can be a HEB choice on a green day. You can make your own syn free houmous though, i've just bookmarked this recipe here to try.

c_l_a_i_r_e

debtfreeatlonglast wrote: »

hi, hoping someone can answer this; am planning on making mousakka tomorrow but not sure i will like the sauce on top; would prefer something REALLY cheesey... am planning on using l/f cheese as a healthy extra but would i be better mixing it with quaark, l/f fromage frais or l/f yoghurt.. which would taste the best??... i prefer cheesey tastes to creamy or yoghurty tastes , also would they all bake ok in oven or are some better than others... many thanks in advance.

I haven't made mousaka but when doing lasagne for a white/cheese sauce I used cottage cheese, which I just add an egg and some pepper to and then blend up. I would then just sprinkle a HE portion of cheese on top. I know it sounds odd but it tastes lovely.

Pee

c_l_a_i_r_e wrote: »

I haven't made mousaka but when doing lasagne for a white/cheese sauce I used cottage cheese, which I just add an egg and some pepper to and then blend up. I would then just sprinkle a HE portion of cheese on top. I know it sounds odd but it tastes lovely.

It does sound odd and I keep seeing recipes with cottage cheese in and a part of me recoils, thinking, but I hate cottage cheese... I will have to try it!

Pee

I think following the plan would be hard without fruit and vegetables. When you say you can't eat much are you limited on quantity or do you only like/ are able to eat a few different types? If it's a question of not liking them, how about a hidden vegetable bolognese, basically hide grated vegetable in the bolognese sauce, or treating yourself to fruit and vegetables that you do like - fennel, cherries, asparagus, swede, corn on the cob? If you can't eat them for an IBS or similiar reason, does that apply to all vegetables?

debtfreeatlonglast

thanks for all the suggestions guys, am gonna try quark, been putting off using it, dont know why really , am also gonna try it again another time with the cottage cheese/egg version, again, i have so far resisted using cottage cheese cos i dont like the texture but i need to be a brave grown-up and try these things, honestly im like a fussy toddler refusing to try anything new... have given myself a talking too lol.

Pee

debtfreeatlonglast wrote: »

thanks for all the suggestions guys, am gonna try quark, been putting off using it, dont know why really , am also gonna try it again another time with the cottage cheese/egg version, again, i have so far resisted using cottage cheese cos i dont like the texture but i need to be a brave grown-up and try these things, honestly im like a fussy toddler refusing to try anything new... have given myself a talking too lol.

Quark is fantastic. I am a convert and so is my boyfriend who doesn't want to eat any of that diet food but tells all my friends about how fantastic quark is and looks surprised when they haven't heard of it. In texture I would say it is maybe a slightly drier philadephia, nothing at all to be scared of.

Although I can talk as I feel the same way about cottage cheese... and think I only ate it once!

If you eat quark for dinner, maybe you can treat yourself to a fresh pineapple for desert?

Pee

Oh, but put the quark in something, a recipe or an omelette. Whisk up four eggs and add a bit spoonful of quark and then pour into a frying pan with fry light and grate a healthy extra portion of cheese on top. I like it best with tomatoes and spinach and new potatoes in the fry light and then the egg mixture over top.

blackberry-rum

tee hee, I took the plunge with quaaaaark (and remain equivocal, but I do use it) but I agree entirely about cottage cheese, I think I only ever tried it once and just didn't like the texture. Good job we don't all like the same things, eh? Does anyone else find that the longer they follow SW the less they eat? I find it difficult to squeeze in my HEB most days, and end up stuffing a pack of ryvita minis just before bed sometimes. As for fitting in three meals ..... a few times lately I've missed tea/supper, preferring instead to graze on a few strawberries, then a yoghurt or something. It's not normal (for me) but it's good.

laura2481

blackberry-rum wrote: »

Does anyone else find that the longer they follow SW the less they eat?

On tuesday I ate nothing but fruit and yoghurt until dinner time. I just wasn't particularly hungry... I tend to squeeze in a hifi bar at supper time with an options hot choc if I haven't had my HEB yet.

got-it-spend-it

I must be in the minority because I love cottage cheese! It's yummy on ryvita with a scrape of marmite, or spooned on chilli in place of sour cream or on a jacket potato!

I fancy trying the quark/egg/cheese topping for moussaka. I make a great veggie moussaka with lentils but haven't made it for ages.

Leftover quorn chilli for tea again tonight. Good job I love chiili as OH doesn't eat it so I always have it for days at a time.