Recipe: Cottage Cheese Salad Side Dish

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When we visit my Mother in Law in the summer, we always end up having a fire outside, roasting hot dogs and marshmallows, and eating until we are beyond stuffed.  My Mother in Law is an excellent cook.

Because we end up eating outside a lot, and having simple (but delicious) buffet menu options available in the fridge for quick meals and as left overs.  These are mostly salads. Potato salad, macaroni salad and a cottage cheese ‘salad’ side dish are almost always available.

Now, I’m a fan of cottage cheese just as it is.  For lunch I’ll often have a bowl of cottage cheese with some fruit. In high school, it was one of my go-to bed time snacks.  So selling me on cottage cheese as a side dish was not problem.  She uses onions and tomatoes plus lots of fresh pepper to make a really great side dish.  I love it at home because I can whip it up in minutes and have it in the refrigerator for lunches and supper during the summer months when anything quick is essential.

This recipe is beyond easy and you can mix it up however you want – instead of red onions, use green onions.  Add in cucumbers if you want. Get creative!

Enjoy!

Cottage Cheese Side Dish:

Ingredients:

About 1/4 cup Chopped red onions

1/3 cup Sliced tomatoes (bite site pieces – I used cherry tomatoes)

1 Container Gay Lea Cottage Cheese

Pepper to taste

Directions:

Combine ingredients and serve cold.

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Disclosure: I am part of the Gay Lea Ambassador Program with Mom Central Canada and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.  Yes, I really ate cottage cheese as a bed time snack in high school.