Okay look. I know the title says “cottage cheese” and that will probably deter most of you from reading this blog post but trust me when I tell you… this is one of my favorite summer dishes of all time! This dish is Optavia and Keto friendly. You can also use non-dairy cottage cheese (will link my favorite below!)
May I introduce the Cottage Cheese Veggie Summer Bowl…
Tell me that doesn’t looking amazing!
I‘m not going to waist your time with a long blog post about how much you are going to love this bowl, or include a ton of images in between each paragraph so you have to scroll for what seems to be FOREVERRR just to get to the recipe! So for your convenience please see the ingredients list and recipe below!
Makes 1 serving
Ingredients:
2/3 cup of low fat cottage cheese (or 2% or switch it out for a lactose free - my favorite brand is Lactaide Cottage Cheese - Dairy Free
15 grape tomatoes (quarters or halves)
1/3 cup of a cucumber (peeled & chopped)
1/3 cup orange bell pepper (chopped)
Everything Bagel Seasoning to taste
Directions:
Start by putting the cottage cheese in a regular bowl and set aside or put it back in the fridge for later.
Next, cut the grape tomatoes into either quarters or halves. I do a little combination of both sizes to add some variety!
Then, peel and chop the cucumber, I like to halve a couple as well to add in for a different bite.
Next, chop up the bell pepper. I wanted equal parts tomato, cucumber and bell pepper but if you want more of one than the other just sub that in the measurements. I eye ball most of it anyways, lol!
Once everything is chopped, peeled, and halved, grab your bowl of cottage cheese out of the fridge and add in the veggies. I like to put them in one by one to make it aesthetically pleasing before I eat it :)... but you can always just mix them all together and place the veggies in the bowl.
Finally, sprinkle on Everything Bagel Seasoning (the greatest seasoning to ever exist for raw/cold meals) and enjoy!
Watch the video above to see how I make this cottage cheese summer bowl!
xo
Alexandraaa
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