goat cheese - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

rosebud1 · 03-22-2006, 01:09 AM

i know you guys were talking about goat cheese on the milk post but i was wondering if goat cheese is actually healthier than other low fat cheeses or is it easier to digest?
and does goat cheese have the same nutritional benefits as goats milk or goats yogurt?

Lenin · 03-22-2006, 06:03 AM

rosebud,
There's nothing "low"fat" about goat cheeses.

Nutrition is similar but goats milk cheeses have a "wilder" taste. (Think pecorino Romano...)

StenoLady1 · 03-22-2006, 08:03 AM

I completely agree with Lenin on the taste factor of goat cheese. I generally love all cheeses -- probably too much! -- but last year, I tried a stuffed shell recipe using goat cheese and mozzerella, and it was awful. The aftertaste of the cheese was just really not good.

However, a few weeks ago on vacation, I tried an exotic flatbread/pizza type thing at an upscale South African restaurant, and the cheese they used was goat cheese, and it was unbelievably good. So good, DH and I went back and ordered the same thing again later during our trip. That aftertaste was still there, but I suppose it just mingled better with the other ingredients on the flatbread (which were kalamata olives, olive oil and microgreens from a radish on like a flax flatbread).

Just wanted to throw in another opinion on the taste factor

Lysne