Title: President Nixon's Diet Special
Categories: Salad Cheese Lowcal
Yield: 1 Servings

1	lg	Scoop low-fat cottage cheese
3		To 4 Rye Crisp crackers
1		Hard-boiled egg, cut into wedges
1/2		Fresh tomato, cut into wedges
1/4		Cucumber, thinly sliced
1/4		Green pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
		OR:
1/4		Fresh pineapple, diced
1/2		Fresh peach, peeled and sliced
1/4		Fresh papaya, peeled and sliced

lettuce leaves, washed and well dried

1. Arrange lettuce on individual serving plate.

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

Serves 1 weight watcher.

From: THE WHITE HOUSE FAMILY COOKBOOK by White House Executive Chef Henry Haller with Virginia Aronson, Random House, New York. 1987. ISBN 0-394-55657-7. Shared by: Karin Brewer, Cooking Echo, 2/93

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