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Brighten up your brunch or lunch menu. Creamy, crunchy, sweet, fruity tropical cottage cheese fruit salad is not only good, but it’s good for you.
Why We Love This Recipe
- If you can dice fruit, you can make this recipe…super simple.
- It’s bright, light, and refreshing and reminds me of summer on a plate.
- It’s an easy way to get picky eaters to eat extra juicy fruits and veggies and add extra protein from the cottage cheese.
- The recipe is easily adaptable – use any types of fruit you like.
- This salad is a crowd-pleaser and has something for everyone.
- Serve it for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner.
Ingredients
Let’s Make Tropical Cottage Cheese Fruit Salad
- Toast the sweetened coconut by adding it to a small dry skillet. Cook on medium-high heat until it starts to brown. Watch it carefully because once it begins to brown, it can burn quickly. Transfer it to a paper plate or paper towel to cool.
- Using the same hot skillet, toast the almond slices. Use the same method as toasting the coconut.
- Mix the orange juice and honey in a small bow.
- Dice the fruit.
- Clean the lettuce and fan it out onto a serving platter or serving bowl.
- Spoon cottage cheese in the center of the lettuce and add black pepper.
- Layer the fruits on top of the cottage cheese.
- Drizzle the fruit with the OJ/honey mixture.
- Add the raisins, coconut, and almonds.
- Serve immediately.
Reader Questions
While I always prefer and recommend using seasonal fresh fruit, you can certainly use canned or jarred fruit. Be sure to drain the liquid out of the fruit before using it.
This salad can easily stand on its own for brunch or lunch; it also goes very well with grilled chicken, chicken skewers, and grilled fish or shrimp.
In my opinion the different really comes down to texture. I prefer small curd because it’s creamier and a bit more watery. Large curd cottage cheese is a denser and dryer texture. Either are fine with this recipe.
No salad spinner? No problem. To dry lettuce, place the wet lettuce on a clean dry kitchen towel, roll the towel length-wise to wrap the lettuce. Grab the two ends of the towel and spin it in a circular motion.
Krazy Kitchen Mom Tips
- When dicing fruit for this recipe or any other recipe, take the time to cut the pieces into equal sizes.
- Freeze any leftover diced fruit in zip-top bags to use in sauces, pies, or smoothies.
- Use any type of fruit you like. Try kiwi, orange slices, bananas, berries, apples, pears.
More KKM Salad Recipes
- Summer Panzanella Bread Salad
- Melon Ball Prosciutto Salad
- Strawberry Caprese Salad
- Amish Macaroni Salad
Tropical Cottage Cheese Fruit Salad
Ingredients
- 16 oz container of small or large curd cottage cheese
- 1 cup diced mango
- 1/2 cup diced papaya
- 1 cup diced pineapple
- 1/2 cup sliced green grapes
- 1 oz box raisins
- 3 tbsp toasted sweetened coconut
- 1 head leaf lettuce
- 1 tbsp orange juice
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 2-3 tbsp toasted amlond slices
Instructions
- Toast the sweetened coconut by adding it to a small dry skillet.
- Cook on medium-high heat until it starts to brown. Watch it carefully because once it begins to brown, it can burn quickly. Transfer it to a paper plate or paper towel to cool.
- Using the same hot skillet, toast the almond slices. Use the same method as toasting the coconut.
- Mix the orange juice and honey in a small bow.
- Dice the fruit.
- Clean the lettuce and fan it out onto a serving platter or serving bowl.
- Spoon cottage cheese in the center of the lettuce and add black pepper.
- Layer the fruits on top of the cottage cheese.
- Drizzle the fruit with the OJ/honey mixture.
- Add the raisins, coconut, and almonds.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- When dicing fruit for this recipe or any other recipe, take the time to cut the pieces into equal sizes.
- Freeze any leftover diced fruit in zip-top bags to use in sauces, pies, or smoothies.
- Use any type of fruit you like. Try kiwi, orange slices, bananas, berries, apples, pears.
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