I too, cannot tolerate the 'feel' of cottage cheese (to be honest, it gives me throw up vibes). I will only eat it in a cooked dish like lasagne. But I have also used a similar filling in stuffed peppers and it was really good. I suppose one could actually go meatless by using onion, celery, garlic, cauli rice, cottage chesse and a tomato sauce. I might have to try that.