Recipe: Cottage Cheese Spread

Cottage Cheese Spread

1 1/2 cups low-fat or nonfat cottage cheese
1 1/2 tablespoons dry skim milk powder
2 teaspoons sugar or sugar substitute
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/3 cup chopped carrot, green peppers, tomatoes or mushrooms
1/2 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon low sodium Worcestershire sauce (optional)

Place the cottage cheese, skim milk powder, sugar and lemon juice in a blender and blend until smooth.

Scrape mixture out of the blender and into bowl. Stir in vegetables, garlic and low sodium Worcestershire sauce (optional).

Spread mixture on bread to make a sandwich.

Makes five 1/2 cup servings of spread
Source: North Carolina Cooperative Extension