Cottage Cheese and Vegetable Medley
This is a refreshing summer dish in a unique presentation. It combines the flavour of red beets, carrots, and lettuce with protein-rich cottage cheese.
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Cottage Cheese and Vegetable Medley
Makes 4 servings.
Preparation time about 20 minutes, about 50 minutes including the cooking time for the red beets.
Ingredients:
- 4 medium sized carrots
- 4 medium sized red beets
- 1 cup of cottage cheese
- 2 tbsp of maple syrup or honey
- 2 tsp freshly grated ginger
- 1/4 tsp of Sambal Oelek (or a hot sauce of your choice)
- 1/2 tsp of salt
Tools needed:
- Vegetable peeler
- Course grater for the beets
- Fine grater for the ginger
- A small bowl
Procedure:
- Wash the beets and cut off the stems.
- Boil the beets for about 30 minutes until they begin to get soft in the center. Don’t make them too soft as they will be hard to grate.
- Peel the carrots and cut them lengthwise in half.
- With the peeler make strips starting at the cut side. This will make wide strips.
- Place the strips into boiling water for 2 minutes, then place in cold water.
- Line the bowl with the carrot strips. Make sure to leave extra hanging over the edges. You can use the same bowl to make all 4 dishes.
The veggie peeler makes thin carrot strips
A small bowl is lined with the briefly cooked carrot strips
- Once the beets are cooked place them in cold water. Then peel and grate them.
- Mix in the cottage cheese, ginger, honey, Sambal Oelek, and salt.
- Place the mix into the bowl lined with the carrot strips.
- Close it off with the overhanging strips.
The cottage cheese and red beet mix is placed into the bowl lined with the carrot strips
The overhanging carrot strips close off the mix and it can now be flipped onto a plate
- Flip the bowl onto a plate and remove the bowl.
- Add a salad of your choice and serve with more cottage cheese and crackers.
The bowl is flipped onto the plate and the dish is ready to be garnished
Garnish with salad, extra cottage cheese, and crackers
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