{"id":246488,"date":"2024-02-22T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/how-to-make-vegan-cottage-cheese-spoiler-it-involves-a-lot-of-tofu\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T23:31:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T23:31:32","slug":"how-to-make-vegan-cottage-cheese-spoiler-it-involves-a-lot-of-tofu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/how-to-make-vegan-cottage-cheese-spoiler-it-involves-a-lot-of-tofu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Vegan Cottage Cheese (Spoiler: It Involves a Lot of Tofu)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Research suggests that more than 70 percent of Americans love to eat cottage cheese. The creamy, fresh ingredient, which is made from cow\u2019s milk, is undeniably incredibly versatile: it\u2019s often enjoyed with salads, or used as a dipping condiment, but it can also be eaten with waffles, fruit, and baked goods. It\u2019s likely been enjoyed for centuries, and in recent months, it has experienced a new surge of popularity thanks to a #cottagecheese trend on TikTok. But what actually is cottage cheese? And is it possible for vegans to enjoy it, too?<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\">jump to the recipes<\/p>\n<h2>What is cottage cheese?<\/h2>\n<p>Cottage cheese is a type of fresh cheese, which means that, like ricotta, mascarpone, and mozzarella, it doesn\u2019t need to go through an aging process. It\u2019s a fermented product, made with the curds of cow\u2019s milk and cream. It likely gets its name from old cottages, where it used to be made as a&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vegnews.com\/taste-tests\/vegan-cottage-cheese\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at vegnews.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research suggests that more than 70 percent of Americans love to eat cottage cheese. The creamy, fresh ingredient, which is made from cow\u2019s milk, is undeniably incredibly versatile: it\u2019s often enjoyed with salads, or used as a dipping condiment, but it can also be eaten with waffles, fruit, and baked goods. It\u2019s likely been enjoyed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":246489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[386],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Make Vegan Cottage Cheese (Spoiler: It Involves a Lot of Tofu)\u00a0 - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vegnews.com\/taste-tests\/vegan-cottage-cheese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Make Vegan Cottage Cheese (Spoiler: It Involves a Lot of Tofu)\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Research suggests that more than 70 percent of Americans love to eat cottage cheese. 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