Green Goddess Cottage Cheese Salad
A high-protein, nutrient-dense salad featuring a creamy green goddess dressing made with cottage cheese, fresh herbs, and anchovies.
Ingredients
- •cups cottage cheese
- •handful basil
- •handful mint
- •drizzle olive oil
- •pinch salt
- •pinch black pepper
- •splash white wine vinegar
- •1 whole lemon (zested)
- •1 clove garlic (grated)
- •tin anchovies
- •1 head lettuce (chopped)
- •1 bulb fennel (thinly sliced)
- •1 whole cucumber (peeled and diced)
Method
- 1In a food processor, combine basil, mint, a portion of the cottage cheese, olive oil, salt, black pepper, white wine vinegar, lemon zest, grated garlic, and anchovies. Blend until smooth and creamy.
- 2Prepare the salad base by chopping the lettuce, thinly slicing the fennel, and peeling and dicing the cucumber.
- 3In a large bowl, toss the prepared vegetables with the green goddess dressing until well coated.
- 4Serve the salad on a plate with additional dollops of cottage cheese and a final drizzle of olive oil.