1950s Picture Salad: Peach and Cottage Cheese

Way back when, salads that were as pretty as a picture were quite the thing. Here is a salad that was very popular at the time. I have also included other popular picture salads of the period.

• Ready In: 5 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 4  canned peach halves, drained
• 2  cups  cottage cheese with chives
• 4  lettuce cups

Directions

1. Put a lettuce cup on each salad plate. This is a leaf of lettuce that is curled to form a cup-like shape.
2. Place one peach half in each cup.
3. Top with about 1/2 cup cottage cheese mixed with chives.
4. NOTE: Other Picture Salads: All are to be seved on cups of salad greens.
5. Pineapple Chunks 'n' Cherries: Arrange these two in lettuce cups. If using fresh cherries, it is nice to pit them.
6. Apricot 'n' Cream Cheese: Use drained apricot halves, cut side up. Top with softened cream cheese and chopped dates.
7. Pineapple-Banana Nut: Plae fluted sliced bananas (which have been dipped in pineapple syrup) on rained pineapple slices. Sprinkle with salted peanuts.
8. Molded fruit Cocktail: Fold well-drained fruit cocktail into slightly thickened fruit jello, using the syrup for part of the liquid used to make the jello.
9. Blushing Pear: Put 2 pear halves together with softened cream cheese. Sprinkle paprika on one side to make a blush. Top with cream cheese green pepper, and a water cress stem.