I just recently bought cottage cheese, and I was having such a hard time taking it in. But im getting better at it, it would help if I knew wht went good with it. Tuna and egg sounds good and I've already sarted the whole wheat eating! Im wondering if whole wheat carbs are bad at night though, since I sometimes cook egg whites and slap a slice of cheese with two slices of whole grain wheat. Sometimes I just tell my poor husband to cook! I just can't stand to cook all the foods my kids and hubby wanna eat. Thank goodness he is supportive!lol as far as the rice goes, I can't eat brown rice, no matter wht I put on it. Its just so gross to me. Is there a brand or substitute for it that taste as good as regular rice and healthy for you?

You want a healthier rice substitute?

I've got a GREAT ONE FOR YOU!!!

It's called QUINOA (pronounced keeenwa)

I use this all the time.

I cook it (I buy the one that is pre-washed and pre-rinsed). Just follow instructions. Takes no time at all.

You can do with it EXACTLY WHAT YOU'D DO WITH RICE.

I, however, SPROUT IT!!!

I sprout everything I can get my hands on. Then I lightly stir-fry (not the Quinoa, doesn't need to be stir-fried).

So I just put all my sprouts in a bowl, (I sprout lentils, beans, legumes, whatever), I sautee them for one minute,

Then I throw everything in a bowl, grate some carrots, add some Quinoa (sprouted, or some that I've cooked up already),

add some breadcrumbs, some onions, some eggs,

Make a mixture. Make some patties.

cook them like you would cook hamburgers.

I spray the pan with no -stick, and sometimes put some canola oil. They get all crispy.

Believe me, if you want a healthy FAST thing to make. (You can make up a whole batch that you can use for many days).

So for instance, make a batch on Sunday, and your whole family will be eating healthy all week.

And if you want to get creative, (The quinoa has protein and so do my sprouts), but if you don't have any of this and just want to use plain old left over veggies, then add a can of tuna, and mish up the whole thing, and you'll have tuna patties.

Today I made tuna croquettes for Alan. Same as patties, only shaped differently.

I said "why not add my sprouts, my quinoa, etc, to the tuna.

So I put everything in the bowl, added the bread crumbs, the eggs, (I use egg subsitute or egg whites), added the onion, made the mixture, shaped them into croquettes and I cooked them up in the pan.

My husband will have this with his spaghetti tonight. it's his favorite dish.

What do I put on top of the tuna croquettes? A dash of honey.

See, we eat mainly vegetarian in this house, so we need to find protein sources.

The quinoa has protein, the tuna has protein, the sprouts HAVE LOTS OF PROTEIN.

We are in protein heaven.

P.S. these pattie things that I make are SO delicious, believe me.

Get your kids involved in making them. They'll learn how to operate in the kitchen and it will be good for them to learn this as they grow up.

The funniest thing ever, iwas wanting a cooking channel this morning with this famous italian guy, he just so happend to be cooking with that exact ingredient! "Quinoa" I had no idea wht it was but it looked dilicious! Oh and as soon as I get all ingredients, ill be sure to try the patties! Its so funny, the other day I was tryin to feed my son a tv. Dinner and he says " mom that's not healthy I want wht your eating" lol.
Thank you all for your help!

Are you referring to Rocko Despirito (spelling???).
He cooked on the last season of The Biggest Loser, and mentioned Quinoa.

I looked at my husband and said: "HAH!!!"

Silly Me --

I love cottage cheese, so I don't have any trouble eating it. I don't know; I sometimes just cook a regular meal for my family, that includes starches, and eat cottage cheese instead of the starch for me.

I don't know what the nutritionist would say about whole wheat products for dinner. She, personally, has cut out most gluten in her own diet. I don't think I could manage that. But, I'd have to think that whole wheat starches would be better for you than those with lots of white flour, no matter what time of day.

I also like brown rice. I prefer the texture to the softeness of white rice. But, my daughter doesn't care for it. I find that she doesn't complain (or, possibly even notice) if I mix 1/2 brown rice with 1/2 white rice. It actually tends to resemble white rice and the brown rice is barely detectable.

~ Faith