Recipe: President Nixon's Diet Special (serves 1)

PRESIDENT NIXON'S DIET SPECIAL

lettuce leaves, washed and well dried
1 large scoop low-fat cottage cheese
3 to 4 Rye Crisp crackers
1 hard-boiled egg, cut into wedges
VEGETABLE SELECTIONS:
1/2 fresh tomato, cut into wedges
1/4 cucumber, thinly sliced
1/4 green pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
FRUIT SELECTIONS:
1/4 fresh pineapple, diced
1/2 fresh peach, peeled and sliced
1/4 fresh papaya, peeled and sliced

Arrange lettuce on individual serving plate.

Mound cottage cheese in center, and set crackers around edges; encircle with the vegetables or the fruits.

Plain cottage cheese can also be enlivened with a variety of other fresh vegetables, raw or lightly steamed, and fruits, fresh or canned (without added sugar).

Servings: 1
Source: The White House Family Cookbook by White House Executive Chef Henry Haller with Virginia Aronson