South Beach Diet - RICOTTA - whole or part-skim

Which is better for SB - whole milk ricotta or part skim ricotta? Whole milk has more fat, but less carbs than part-skim.

Chinky, Dr. A recommends we use fat-free or low-fat cheeses. Remember, this isn't a low-carb diet, it's a good-carb diet. :)
Atkins encourages the use of the high-fat items because the carb count is lower, but we're SO not doing Atkins. ;)

CHINKY:) I usually use the part-skim cheese :cheese: ,as I have to watch my fat content.I agree with ELLIS. SB is a good carb & good fat Diet. Hugs :) BB

I have a question about ricotta.....are name brands any better that just the plain store brand???? I bought Kroger's and tried to make that almond dessert from PhaseI
and it was very grainey and bad tasting......both hubby and I didn't like it! In fact, even Dixiedawg turned her nose up at .....and she eats EVERYTHING!!!!!

Thanks all for the info.

As far as the Kroger's brand, I think I bought that last time and didn't have a problem with it. Perhaps, it's the batch you got? I try to get whatever's on sale so this week I got the Prigo brand.

2nd Chance...I find all ricotta's a bit grainy, but if you use a hand blender to make the ricotta creme's, it makes it really smooth and nice. Mix it with 2 tbl of ff cool whip and it's delish. The lemon rind one is my fave!

Thanks....I'll try that.

I think we buy Saputo, which is pretty smooth.

I've tried most all brands of ricotta, and I like Polly-O best. It's smoother and creamier than the others.

Some are different than others, and I've even found that the same brand might be different sometimes.