Tomato Salad Served With Cottage Cheese

Submitted by lizeroo

"I make this all the time to eat at work and my co-workers love it. Very flavorful."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 4 -5 medium ripe tomatoes
• 3 green onions, white and green parts
• 1⁄4 cup cilantro, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh basil or 1 tablespoon freeze- dried basil
• 1 tablespoon oil (olive or grapeseed)
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder (I find fresh garlic a little too strong in this mix)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt

directions

1. Cut tomatoes in half and gently squeeze, scooping out pulp and seeds. Dice.
2. Mince green onions and chop Cilantro medium fine.
3. Add onions, Basil, Cilantro, vinegar, oil and garlic powder to tomatoes and toss. Add salt and pepper to taste.
4. Store in fridge until ready to use.
5. Serve with 2 scoops low fat cottage cheese and gently mix.

Reviews

[stormylee]

A lovely fresh salad with a great combination of flavours. I used the cottage cheese to top the two pieces of rye bread I always have with my salad lunches, though. :-) Ah, a very nice lunch indeed! Thank you for a lovely recipe!

 

[Andrea in NH]

Lovely combination of flavors. I used fresh basil that was frozen from last summer. Didn't have scallions so used part of a yellow onion. I lined a small dish with the cottage cheese then put the tomato combination inside the cottage cheese lining. Nice presentation. Looking forward to using it with summer tomato crop.

 

[Ms B.]

This was a nice blend of flavors and made a great lunch. I used white wine balsamic vinegar, which I find to be a bit sweeter.

 

[Bippie]

I really loved this salad. It was like a creamy bruchetta topping. Even DH ate some with his dinner and really enjoyed it. Thanks for a great dish. This might be a standard lunch for me when the tomatoes get ripe in the garden!!