Refreshing Summer Luncheon Salad
via Spinach Tomato Cottage Cheese
Loving simple seasonal salads!
I adore a great simple seasonal salad that I can whip up from the fridge, don’t you? This Spinach Tomato Cottage Cheese Pasta Salad is just what I am talking about! It’s prepared with fresh spinach and tangy cherry tomatoes. The cottage cheese substitutes for dressing and the prepared pasta adds a warm element without adding meat!
I was inspired to create this seasonal salad by the P&Geveryday website which features seasonal salad lunch suggestions. I found the P&Geveryday recipe section so valuable, as it highlights food that is in season at that time period followed by salad recipe creations. For example, summer is listed and these ingredients that are in season are suggested: summer squash, zucchini, cucumber, melon, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, corn, peppers, eggplant, peaches, plums, apricots and then a recipe is provided for raw zucchini salad. Check out this wonderful Harvest salad they have for fall containing baby kale, grapes, pomegranate seeds, apple, pumpkin seeds, feta cheese, your favorite dressing or extra virgin olive oil and apple cider vinegar! MMMM!
As we are basically starting summer in Michigan, my seasonal inspired salad includes several items from spring and summer and then I coupled it with items I had in my fridge.
- Fresh spinach (enough to cover bottom of each plate)
- ½ to ¾ of cup cottage cheese as desired
- 4 oz of stuffed hot/warm agnolotti or ravioli (cooked)
- 12-15 cherry tomatoes
- Parmesan cheese
- Spread fresh spinach over bottom of plate to form a bed
- Mound cottage cheese in center of lettuce bed
- Arrange cooked agnolotti or ravioli in a circular pattern around center mound of cottage cheese
- Place cherry tomato around arrangement in a pleasing manner with one in middle of cottage cheese mound.
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I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.
Your spinach, tomatoe cottage cheese recipe looks and sounds delicious! Adding the stuffed pasta puts a new twist on this salad.. I have to give this one a try.. Thankyou for sharing. I love all kinds of salads.
I’ve never had a pasta salad with greens in it before, I bet it’s delicious! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
I’ve never heard of using cottage cheese in a dish like this, but what a great way to add protean to a light summer meal.
This sounds so good. This will make a great summer meal. Thank you for sharing
Yum I love spinach and ricotta this is really delicious, and some sauce on top and your set for dinner.
Yum! This is definitely up my alley, even if I’m trying to avoid carbs. I’ve got to try this.
A totally different idea! It sounds kind of yummy! I’ll definitely check out P&G for recipes. I wasn’t aware they had them on their site. 🙂
Yum! That definitely does look delicious!
This looks really tasty! I’d eat it!
This recipe is so convenient with the fresh stuffed pasta my local deli offers. I love a nice light, but indulgent salad like this for a Summer lunch!
I love a refreshing salad on a hot summer day. This is something I’d make when my sister comes over, we like “lady lunch” meals!
I am loving the P&G Everyday sote.
This salad looks easy and refreshing. Thank you.
Oh boy, this looks and sound delicious, even for someone like me who doesn’t cook! I’m going to try this one, Shelley.
Hope you like it Cathy! Let me know what you think! Shelley
What a gorgeous salad! These are combinations I would not think of on my own, I will have to give this one a go. I really enjoy the P&GEveryday website!
It is odd with the combo of hot and cold but surprisingly refreshing Tina! Shelley
This looks super-yummy!
Yes, it is Carol. Wonderfully odd combo of Hot and cold. Shelley
Seriously, I’m drooling already and it’s not even lunchtime. That looks amazing!
Try whipping it up Lois. You won’t be disappointed. Shelley
It certainly is a fun site to surf around. I found some fun recipes to try for my baking for the firemen
Usually I am not a cottage cheese fan, but that looks fantastic!
It’s odd how great the cottage cheese substitutes for dressing. Never would have thought. Shelley
I love the info on P&G Everyday. That salad looks amazing. I love the way you made it look like a flower.
Didn’t see the flower at first Jenn but you are RIGHT! Shelley
This looks so yummy and simple—I love all the ingredients. I need to try it!
I was suprised how good the warm pasta tasted with the cool spinach and cold cottage cheese. Very different sensation Marcia! Shelley