I don’t know how to feel about this food trend.
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Reviewed by Dietitian Victoria Seaver, M.S., RD
It started with whipped cottage cheese taking over the internet. Then, cottage cheese desserts became all the rage, with edible cookie dough and ice cream highlighting the cheese as a surprising protein-packed ingredient. Now, another cottage cheese dip is trending, but this one is… questionable.
Listen, we were fully expecting the cottage cheese trend to surge this summer. But I’m giving a bit of side-eye to this newest trend featuring cottage cheese and yellow mustard.
TikTok content creator Tiffany Elizabeth claimed that mixing cottage cheese and mustard into a dip and eating it with fruits, vegetables and chicken sausage has helped her in her weight loss journey.
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All across her account, Elizabeth shares videos of herself diving into an iteration of this dish every single day. Her plate includes a mix of your classic healthy dippers like carrots and cauliflower as well as items like heart of palm, dragon fruit and Japanese white sweet potato. And a link or two of chicken sausage is almost always included. In her videos, she touts this meal as a staple in her healthy eating pattern and even credits it as a lunch that helped her lose 80 pounds.
Naturally, the internet is split. Is this the savory cottage cheese hack we’ve been waiting for, or is this mustardy dip taking the cheesy food trend way too far? Personally, I’m leaning towards the latter.
I’m not trying to yuck someone’s yum. If you truly enjoy the taste of this dip and find that it helps you eat more veggies, then go for it. But it’s not as if this dip combo is the ultimate healthy alternative to ranch or other dips and sauces. In fact, 2 teaspoons of yellow mustard and a ¼ cup serving of 2% cottage cheese together racks up about 800 milligrams of sodium, which exceeds the recommended limit we stick to when…
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