You've seen the neat little drawings of the placenta -- your baby's life support system in utero -- but you'd... You've seen the neat little drawings of the placenta -- your baby's life support system in utero -- but you'd be right to realize that those diagrams don't look all that much like the real thing.ou've seen the neat little drawings of the placenta -- your baby's life support system in utero -- but you'd be right to realize that those diagrams don't look all that much like the real thing.
Besides being higher in calcium than cottage cheese, ricotta cheese is also lower in sodium, with 123 milligrams per 1/2 cup compared with 420 milligrams in a serving of cottage cheese. Use ricotta cheese as a substitute for cottage cheese in lasagna or spinach pie.
Good Healthy Substitutions for Cottage Cheese. Use yogurt in dips instead of cottage cheese for healthy dips. Photo Credit Monkey Business Images/Monkey Business/Getty Images. Cottage cheese provides high-quality protein, calcium and vitamin B-12, and you can consume it on its own or in a variety of recipes.