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Cottage Cheese, Tomato & Olive Pita Plate

A no-cook breakfast plate of cottage cheese, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, olives and walnuts with warm wholegrain pita.

Cottage Cheese, Tomato & Olive Pita Plate. A no-cook breakfast plate of cottage cheese, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, olives and walnuts with warm wholegrain pita.
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Prep 10 minServes 2

Ingredients

Why metric?

Metric avoids regional spoon ambiguity. US uses 5 mL tsp, 15 mL tbsp and 240 mL cup. Small masses stay in grams unless a verified recipe conversion exists. More on measurements

  • 200 g cottage cheese
  • 200 g cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 120 g cucumber, thickly sliced
  • 25 g pitted olives, drained
  • 30 g walnuts
  • 2 small wholegrain pita breads (120 g)
  • 20 ml extra-virgin olive oil (18 g)
  • 10 ml lemon juice (10 g)
  • 1 g dried oregano
  • Ground black pepper, to taste

Method

  1. Toss the tomatoes and cucumber with the lemon juice, oregano and a good grind of pepper. Leave them to sit while you do everything else, so the tomatoes give up a little juice.
  2. Warm the pita briefly in a dry pan or a hot oven until it is soft and pliable, then tear into pieces.
  3. Spoon the cottage cheese onto two plates and make a shallow well in the middle of each.
  4. Pile the dressed salad alongside, add the olives and pour the resting juices and the olive oil over the top. Scatter the walnuts over both plates.

Safety and storage

Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C

Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.

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