Cantaloupe and Cottage Cheese
As sweet and aromatic as the melon tastes, it contains hardly any calories or fat and is an excellent source of potassium. The cream cheese provides a rich supply of protein and calcium, while the lime scores with vitamin C.
Cilantro not only tastes good, but it is also considered a highly effective antibiotic! In US laboratory tests, the active ingredients in the herb killed salmonella more reliably and effectively than the drug gentamicin.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 185 cal. | (9 %) | ||
| Protein | 13 g | (13 %) | ||
| Fat | 5 g | (4 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 21 g | (14 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 11 g | (44 %) | ||
| Roughage | 2.5 g | (8 %) |
| Vitamin A | 0.5 mg | (63 %) | ||
| Vitamin D | 0.1 μg | (1 %) | ||
| Vitamin E | 1.7 mg | (14 %) | ||
| Vitamin K | 31.5 μg | (53 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₁ | 0.1 mg | (10 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₂ | 0.3 mg | (27 %) | ||
| Niacin | 3.8 mg | (32 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₆ | 0.2 mg | (14 %) | ||
| Folate | 64 μg | (21 %) | ||
| Pantothenic acid | 0.7 mg | (12 %) | ||
| Biotin | 10.9 μg | (24 %) | ||
| Vitamin B₁₂ | 0.7 μg | (23 %) | ||
| Vitamin C | 56 mg | (59 %) | ||
| Potassium | 571 mg | (14 %) | ||
| Calcium | 121 mg | (12 %) | ||
| Magnesium | 37 mg | (12 %) | ||
| Iron | 1.5 mg | (10 %) | ||
| Iodine | 9 μg | (5 %) | ||
| Zinc | 0.8 mg | (10 %) | ||
| Saturated fatty acids | 1.6 g | |||
| Uric acid | 41 mg | |||
| Cholesterol | 7 mg | |||
| Complete sugar | 25 g |
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 1 Cantaloupe (about 28 oz)
- 1 Tbsp slivered almonds
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 1 small Lime
- 4 Tbsps honey
- 11 ozs Cottage cheese
Preparation steps
Cut melon in half with a large knife and remove seeds with a teaspoon.
Scoop flesh into small balls with a melon baller. Place in a bowl and refrigerate.
Toast almonds until light brown in a dry skillet, then leave to cool.
Meanwhile, rinse cilantro, shake dry, pluck leaves and combine with the almonds in a tall vessel. Puree with an immersion blender.
Cut lime in half, squeeze juice and stir 2 tablespoons juice with cilantro puree and honey.
Arrange melon balls on the cottage cheese. Serve with the cilantro dip.