Quick and Easy Fruity Cottage Cheese Salad

I started to have the habit of consuming salads a few years back when I decided to lose those extra weights without going through the losing weight program.

I am glad to say that eating salads is one of the best method to lose weight, benefits your health and provide more fibre to allow smooth bowel movements for those with constipation problems.

One of the ingredients that I had never tried in my salad recipes is the Cottage cheese.

My mom used to say that cheese is a powerpack ingredient that provide energy and makes your stomach feel fuller if you add into salads, besides the cooked shreds of chicken!

Hence, I decided to add in COttage cheese into a bowl of fruits for a change, in addition to diced of cooked ham since I had some left overs from yesterday’s midnight snack.

Now when you buy cottage cheese, remember to look out for “Low fat” labels because some cheese are fatty which is not wise for weight watchers.

If you can’t find any cottage cheese, which it is seasonal in Asian countries, you could replace with cheddar cheese, grated would be best.

As for the fruits, I had chosen whatever that were available in my fridge.

Namely, seedless grapes, which my mother-in-law had given me some a few days ago.

It is wise to  remove the seeds from the grapes if you have little kids at home.

You wouldn’t want to see them choking and grasping for breathe, right?

Otherwise, you could replace grapes with chopped kiwi fruit, red apples, fresh oranges, green pears or any local fruits that is available in the market.

Pineapple rings or cubes from a can taste sweeter compare to fresh cut pineapple fruit.

However, refrain from using the pineapple juice from the can which is not healthy.

In addition, you can add in peach from the can or punch cocktail fruits for more colorful salad.

Besides that , I had added in a few slices of cooked ham, all diced up into the salad bowl.

Alternatively, you could add in cooked hotdog or slices of cooked chicken strips.

Honestly, I never missed using left-over chicken meats from the night before dinner. Tasted delicious eventhough it is overnight and chilled.

Fruity Cottage Cheese Salad

Ingredients:

• 130g low fat cottage cheese
• 120g seedless grapes-halved
• 15g sultanas or raisins
• 60g pineapples from a can or fresh
• 60g lean ham-cooked and diced
• 2 tsp sunflower seeds- toasted
• Some lettuce or iceberg leaves

How to prepare:

• In a mixingbowl, combine the cottage cheese, grapes, sultanas and pineapple cubes together.
• Stir in the cooked ham.
• Toss in the sunflower seeds, stir with the other salad ingredients together.
• Cover the bowl with a plastic cling wrap, chill in the fridge for an hour before serve.
• Serve the cheese sallad with lettuce, tear the leaves apart.
• You can add in mayonnaise or Fruity Salad dressing for more flavor.

If you are a vegetarian, replace the cooked ham with vegetarian ham instead

Written by peachpurple

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Article checked by Plagium

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