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Salad with cottage cheese

Salad with Soft Cheese

A wonderful combination of vegetables and herbs with soft cheese. This salad is well suited to a diet. The mix of vegetables and herbs is low in carbs and moderate in fat, which makes it a great dish for dieting.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Soft cheese

150

Cherry tomatoes

100

Arugula

100

Olives

Cucumbers

Sunflower oil

Ground black pepper

Salt

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 21 % 6 g

Fats 72 % 21 g

Carbohydrates 7 % 2 g

160 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 25 min

Step 1:

How do you make a salad with soft cheese? Gather the ingredients. We'll need: cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, olives, soft cheese, salad greens (arugula, parsley, radicchio, etc.), vegetable oil (I have sunflower), ground black pepper, and salt.
Step 2:

Cut the cucumbers into half-moons or rounds.
Step 3:

Cut the cheese into small slices.
Step 4:

Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.
Step 5:

Wash and dry the greens.
Step 6:

Put the salad greens on a plate. Spread the cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, and cheese over them.
Step 7:

Dress the salad with sunflower oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Step 8:

Serve the salad. Enjoy!

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Choose juicy but firm tomatoes. Soft ones don't hold their shape well; as you cut and prepare them, they fall apart into a shapeless mush and ruin the look of the dish.
The salad looks neat and pretty if you cut all the ingredients into pieces of the same size and shape (cubes, for example).