Cottage Cheese And Fresh Fruit Plate Food

COTTAGE CHEESE AND FRESH FRUIT PLATE

Steps:

• Chill salad plates for 10 minute.
• Assemble the plates.
• Place 4 cantaloupe slices on each plate.
• Place 2 sliced tomatoes in center and top each with a scoop (#24) or about 2 ounces low-fat cottage cheese.
• Place 4 sliced strawberries and 2 sliced kiwi on plates.
• Drizzle Balsamic Glaze over fresh fruit.
• Garnish plates with fresh mint leaves.
• Chef Note: Use any Balsamic Glaze you like.

COTTAGE CHEESE AND FRESH FRUIT

Steps:

• Add cottage cheese to middle of plate or bowl.
• Placed prepared fruit on the outside of the cottage cheese.
• Sprinkle almonds onto cottage cheese and fruit.
• Eat cold.

COTTAGE CHEESE AND FRUIT DELIGHT

Steps:

• Drain juice from oranges, pineapple and peaches and place fruit in a small bowl.
• Mix fruit together.
• Top with cottage cheese.

FRUIT AND COTTAGE CHEESE WITH CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER DRESSING

Steps:

• MIX preserves, peanut spread, marshmallow topping and sour cream in a medium bowl, until well combined.
• ARRANGE lettuce leaves on 2 salad plates. Top each plate with 1/2 cup cottage cheese. Garnish with fresh fruit and spoon nut-mallow dressing over all.

COTTAGE-CHEESE TZATZIKI MEZZE PLATE

Steps:

• Combine the cottage cheese, cucumber, 1 tablespoon of the oil, vinegar, garlic, mint, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to let the flavors meld. (The tzatziki can be made to this point and refrigerated overnight.)
• Divide the tzatziki evenly among 4 bowls. Dividing evenly, arrange the pita chips, tomatoes, stuffed grape leaves and olives around the tzatziki. Whisk together the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil with the lemon juice, a pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper, and drizzle all over the tzatziki and accompaniments. Garnish with dill.

FRUIT AND CHEESE PLATTER

Steps:

• Line a wooden board or flat dish with fig leaves and artfully arrange the goat cheese, grapes, preserves and crackers on top.
• Place the orange zest and orange juice in a medium (10-inch) heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven, such as Le Creuset. Add the sugar, vanilla bean, and figs to the pot. Cover and bring to a full boil over medium heat. (Don't worry; it may look dry.) Stir the mixture and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Lower the heat, and cook uncovered at a full simmer for 50 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. You want the little bubbles to be throughout the pot, not just at the edges. After 45 minutes, refrigerate a small amount of the liquid to see if it becomes syrupy. It should be like a soft fruit preserve. Keep cooking just until the liquid starts to gel when cold. If the liquid is too firm, add a little orange juice or water, cook for a minute, and test it again until it's right. Depending on how ripe the figs are, they will probably keep their shape, but it's fine if they don't. Discard the vanilla bean and serve or refrigerate.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line two sheet pans with parchment paper.
• Place the oats, flour, brown sugar, and kosher salt in a food processor fitted with the steel blade and pulse for 45 to 60 seconds, until the oats are coarsely ground. Add the butter and pulse 15 to 20 times, until the butter is the size of peas.
• Dissolve the baking soda in the lukewarm water and drizzle it over the crumbs in the food processor. Pulse until the mixture is evenly moistened and can be pressed into balls that will hold together.
• With a medium (1 3/4-inch) ice cream scoop or two spoons, scoop the dough into your hands and roll them into round balls. Evenly space 12 balls on the prepared sheet pans. Flour the bottom of a flat-bottomed 3-inch-diameter drinking glass and use it to flatten each cracker to 1/8 inch thick and about 3 inches in diameter. The crackers will not be perfectly round. If there is a lot of flour on the crackers, turn them over with a metal spatula. Sprinkle with the fleur de sel and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden brown on the edges. Serve warm or at room temperature.
• "Cooking for Jeffrey" by Ina Garten © Clarkson Potter 2016. Provided courtesy of Ina Garten. All rights reserved.

TOMATOES & COTTAGE CHEESE

Steps:

• Arrange the four slices of tomato on a plate, top them with 1 Tbs. of cottage cheese each (you can add more if you choose); and 1 dash of each Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce on each slice of tomato. Add salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy!

SWEET COTTAGE CHEESE AND BANANAS

Steps:

• In a small serving bowl, stir together the cottage cheese, honey, and banana slices. Serve or eat immediately.

FRUITED COTTAGE CHEESE

Steps:

• Combine ingredients.

FRUIT-TOPPED SUGAR & SPICE COTTAGE CHEESE

Steps:

• Mix cottage cheese, sugar and cinnamon; spread onto bottom of pie plate.
• Top with remaining ingredients, arranging each fruit in separate section.