Cottage cheese-potato salad for 1

1 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1largePotato, preferably new
1tablespoonSalad oil
1teaspoonWhite vinegar
¼teaspoonSalt
¼cupCelery, thinly sliced
1tablespoonGreen pepper, finely chopped
1tablespoonPimento, finely chopped
1tablespoonRipe olives, slivered
1smallGreen onion, thinly sliced
1tablespoonMayonnaise
cupLow-fat cottage cheese
Lettuce

Directions

Preparation: 30 minutes including cooking potato plus chilling.

Cook potato in its jacket until just tender. Cool until it can be handled, peel and dice into a bowl. You should have about 1 cup. Stir oil, vinegar, and salt together and pour over hot potato, tossing lightly. Cool.

Add celery, green pepper, pimento, olives and onion. Stir mayonnaise and cottage cheese together, add to salad and toss lightly. Chill well. Serve on lettuce.

Source: Margo Oliver's Good Food For One c. 1990 Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier