Saturday, August 12, 2006

Lunch Friday 11 August - Cottage Cheese and Cucumber Salad


Cottage Cheese and Cucumber Salad
227g chive & onion low-fat cottage cheese
2 tomatoes
cucumber & onion salad

Cucumber Salad
250g cucumber
50g onions, sliced very finely
3 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
10g fresh dill

Wash cucumber and slice diagonally into very thin slices. Peel onion and half, then slice cross wise into very thin slices and separate out into strands.

Mix onion and cucumber together. Sprinkle well with salt. Mix sugar and rice vinegar together and allow the sugar to dissolve in the vinegar. Pour over the cucumber and onions and allow to stand at room temperature until wilted; about 30 mins. Wash and pluck the dill from its stems; toss into the salad and serve.