Fruity Cottage Cheese Salad

I made this salad for my mother as she's a big fan of melon and we thought this recipe looked interesting... Cottage cheese with melon and peppers? Strange yet different. If you're still tempted, here's the recipe:

Fruity Cottage Cheese Salad

Origin: 'The Big Book of Salads' by LoveFood

Yield: 4 Servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 85g / 3oz cottage cheese
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 tbsp snipped fresh chives
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh chervil or basil
• 2 assorted colored peppers, deseeded and peeled
• 1 small melon, such as Ogen (about 300g / 10 and 1/2 oz after peeling and deseeding)
• 175g / 6oz of mixed salad leaves
• 55g / 2 oz of seedless red grapes
• 1 red onion, thinly sliced
• 3 tbsp of freshly squeezed lime juice
• 1 small fresh red chili, deseeded and finely chopped
• 1 tbsp clear honey
• 1 tbsp soy sauce

Directions:

1. Place the cottage cheese in a bowl and stir in the chopped herbs. Cover lightly and reserve.
2. Cut the peeled peppers into thin strips and reserve. Cut the melon in half, discard the seeds and cut into small wedges.
3. Arrange the salad leaves on a large serving platter with the melon wedges.
4. Spoon the herb-flavoured cottage cheese on the platter and arrange the reserved peppers, grapes and red onion slices around the cheese
5. To make the dressing, mix the lime juice, chili, honey and soy sauce together in a small bowl. Drizzle over the salad and serve.