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SUMMER SALAD OVER COTTAGE CHEESE
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Reading your comments genuinely give me a good laugh every day. Its completely ok to have different food tastes and preferences, but this comment got me thinking I needed to do what I could to try and give cottage cheese some of that “crunch crunch” that so many crave.
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This is one of those refreshing salads that will be the star of the show. Its so easy to make, packed with so much flavor, and its SO good.
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I used cottage cheese for the base, but you can also process it down to make it creamy, or even process with some feta to add a really delicious creamy, salty base.
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Feel free to serve it as an appetizer, salad, or eat as a main dish.
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And, if you don't like bad onion breath, this simple hack of soaking the onion in water for 15 mins does wonders!
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Here is how to make it:
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1.Start by finely dicing 1 small red onion. Add it to a bowl and cover with cold water for 15 mins, while you work the rest.
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2.Finely dice 4 Persian cucumbers. Cut them in 3s or 4s strips length wise, then cut into another 3 or 4 strips, then stack them, turn them, and dice into small cubes. Reference the video, its critical these are diced small!
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3.Next, grab a handful of tomatoes. I just quartered them, but you can dice them, too.
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4.Finally, grab a handful of fresh dish and fresh mint and finely chop them. These add a ton of flavor, feel free to use as much or as little as you like.

5.Add diced cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs, and onions to a large salad bowl. Add the zest of a full lemon, the juice of half a lemon, 2.5 tbsp of a GOOD olive oil, 1 tbsp sumac, and a generous pinch of salt.

6.Give everything a really good mix, taste, then adjust to taste. I almost always add a bit more salt, but you do you!
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7.Spread some cottage cheese on the base of a board or plate (again, you can process it, too if you don't like any clumps), top with the salad, crumble up some feta on top, then add a dusting of sumac, Aleppo pepper, and some more fresh herbs!
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ENJOY!
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If you make it, be sure to let me know in the comments!