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[lynxstch]

I was going to say almost the same thing - my grandmother used to use half ricotta and half cottage cheese. Try it and see if you like that better. (And I personally don't use egg at all. - I think that's just to make the cheese easier to spread anyway, so as long as you have a little patience, you'll be fine without it.) My other "secret" is to use the real noodles that you have to boil. MIL tried the no boil ones, and she didn't like how it came out, so I've stuck with boiling them.

I agree with both of these. The no boil ones never worked for me. I don't mix cheeses, just cottage cheese, no egg added. Plenty of mozzarella though, lol