Savory Cottage Cheese Toast with California Walnuts
Description
Craving a quick snack but don’t want something sweet? This savory cottage cheese toast with peppery arugula and crunchy California walnuts is sure to satisfy!
Ingredients
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½ cup small-curd low-fat cottage cheese 2 pieces of whole grain bread, toasted
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½ English cucumber, shaved into ribbons*
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½ arugula
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¼ cup California walnuts, coarsely chopped
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Balsamic glaze, optional
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Pickled onions, optional
PREPARATION
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Spread ¼ cup cottage cheese on each of the toast halves.
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Divide the English cucumber ribbons, arugula and walnuts between each of the toast halves to top the cottage cheese.
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Garnish each toast half with a drizzle of balsamic glaze and pickled onions, optional.
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*To make cucumber ribbons, trim the ends of a firm English cucmber and use a wide vegetable peeler or mandoline to slice long, thin stips lengthwise. Avoid the seedy, watery sections for best texture
NUTRITION
- Calories: 212 cal
- Total Fat: 11.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 7.1 g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.3 g
- Cholesterol: 7.5 mg
- Sodium: 337.1 mg
- Carbohydrates: 18.7 g
- Dietary Fiber: 4.3 g
- Total Sugars: 6.8 g
- Added Sugars: 0 g
- Protein: 12.1 g
- Vitamin D: 0 mcg
- Calcium: 79.3 mg
- Iron: 1 mg
- Potassium: 202.6 mg