Not Pickles & Ice Cream

The most infamous craving of all, pickles and ice cream . No more runs to the convenience store at midnight for your favorite pint (and morning guilt) with a few simple, healthy ingredients.

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Honey Whipped Cottage Cheese & Marinated Cucumber Pistachio Salad

The most infamous craving of all, pickles and ice cream . No more runs to the convenience store at midnight for your favorite pint (and the morning guilt) with a few simple, healthy ingredients.

Course

Craving

Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

Cottage Cheese

• 8 oz cottage cheese
• 1 tbl honey
• 1/4 tsp vanilla paste

Salad

• 1/2 English cucumber
• 1/2 shallot
• 1/8 fennel bulb
• 2 pinch sugar
• 3 pinch salt
• 1 oz rice vinegar
• 1 garlic clove minced

Garnish

• 1/4 cup pistachios roasted
• 1 tsp dill chopped
• 1 tsp olive oil extra virgin

Course Craving Prep Time 20 minutes Cook Time 15 minutes Servings people Ingredients Cottage Cheese 8 oz cottage cheese 1 tbl honey 1/4 tsp vanilla paste Salad 1/2 English cucumber 1/2 shallot 1/8 fennel bulb 2 pinch sugar 3 pinch salt 1 oz rice vinegar 1 garlic clove minced Garnish 1/4 cup pistachios roasted 1 tsp dill chopped 1 tsp olive oil extra virgin

Instructions

Cottage Cheese

1. Whip cottage cheese, honey, and vanilla paste in food processor on high till smooth and fluffy.

Salad

1. Slice cucumber, shallot, and fennel super thin on a mandolin. Combine sugar, salt, vinegar, garlic and dill in bowl and stir. Put in fridge and allow to sit at least 15 min.

Serve

1. Stir salad and plate cucumber salad over whipped cheese. Top with roasted pistachios. Garnish with fennel fronds and drizzle with olive oil.