Almost but not really a recipe. I just had to post it!

I made lasagna the other day and still had some cottage cheese leftover with no idea what to use it for.

Never been a really big fan of cottage cheese, even though I know it adopts other flavors very well and is low in fat and high in protein.

So… here’s what I did: I simply added some roasted bell pepper, lettuce, chives and avocado and put it on top of lightly toasted slices of French bread.

Score! It tasted great.

 
Ingredients:

French bread (thick slices)
cottage cheese
roasted red bell pepper
iceberg lettuce
avocado
chives
salt & pepper

 
Directions:

I’m sure there are a lot of things that don’t taste better with roasted peppers, but I don’t know many of them.

Hard to imagine that for over a decade just the scent alone made me nauseous. Now I eat bell peppers like they’re going out of style.

The rest is child’s play.

 
Now here’s the deal.

For photography purposes I started with a bread slice and topped it with lettuce, cottage cheese, salt, peppers, avocado, chives and pepper. Had I not taken photos I would have just plunged it all—lettuce included—into a big bowl, whisked it all together and topped the bread with that.

 
How’s that for honesty?
 

I like it when tasty, healthy and pretty go hand in hand.

 
I desperately needed some health food but don’t let me keep you from crumbling a little bacon on top as well!

Do you like cottage cheese and if you do, what’s your favorite way to eat it?