Cantaloupe with Cottage Cheese and Mint

Cantaloupe with Cottage Cheese and Mint is a creamy, salty taste sensation. With the mint drizzle, it’s even perfect for company brunch.Cantaloupe with Cottage Cheese and Mint is a creamy, salty taste sensation. With the mint drizzle, it's even perfect for company brunch.

What was I thinking? In my kids’ entire lives, I have never served them cantaloupe with cottage cheese (and mint in this case). 

Could it be that the combination has fallen a bit out of fashion? But I love the blend of creamy, salty cottage cheese with the sweet juicy cantaloupe. In my mind, it’s a practically perfect breakfast.

Delicious Cantaloupe

Committed to remedying this parental omission, I decided to take it even further–I’d add mint! After the delicious addition mint to a recent watermelon feta salad, I figured mint would complement cantaloupe too. They’re both melons after all.

Cantaloupe with Cottage Cheese and Mint is a creamy, salty taste sensation. With the mint drizzle, it's even perfect for company brunch.

Served!

This time, I turned the mint into a “drizzle” with lemon, honey and olive oil. And it was just as tasty in the new combination. Melon is already lovely on a brunch table, but this takes it over the top!

Making mint drizzle

Just one tip as you make the drizzle. I tried using a blender, mini-food processor and immersion blender to puree my drizzle fine enough to spill out of a squirt bottle. Alas, nothing worked–I think the quantity was just too small. So in the end I just dribbled it over the cottage cheese from a spoon. The mint in the original salad was merely chopped, so I don’t feel bad at all.

Cantaloupe with Cottage Cheese and Mint is a creamy, salty taste sensation. With the mint drizzle, it's even perfect for company brunch.

One last outdoor breakfast?

Melon season has been long and prolific in Wisconsin this year, but it won’t last forever! How about a Cantaloupe with Cottage Cheese & Mint breakfast while you can!

Cantaloupe with Cottage Cheese and Mint is a creamy, salty taste sensation. With the mint drizzle, it's even perfect for company brunch.

Cantaloupe with Cottage Cheese & Mint

Cantaloupe with Cottage Cheese and Mint is a creamy, salty taste sensation. With the mint drizzle, it's even perfect for company brunch.
Author: Inger
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 mins
Total Time 10 mins
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large cantaloupe quartered, seeds removed
  • 2 cups cottage cheese

Mint Drizzle

  • 3 large mint sprigs leaves only
  • 3 T lemon juice
  • 3 T honey or maple syrup
  • 2 T olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Top each seeded melon quarter with about 1/2 cup cottage cheese.
  • Puree (as much as possible) mint drizzle ingredients using a blender, immersion blender or mini food processor.
  • Spoon mint drizzle over cottage cheese and serve.
I am not a health professional and nutrition data is calculated programatically. Accuracy may vary with product selection, calculator accuracy, etc. Consult a professional for the best information.
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6 thoughts on “Cantaloupe with Cottage Cheese and Mint

  1. Thao @ In Good Flavor

    I thought adding a sprinkling black pepper to cantaloupe was an odd combo until I tried it. They are delicious together! I have never had the fruit with cottage cheese before, but I sounds really good!! The mint drizzle such a nice touch and added flavor blast!

  2. Marian

    A restaurant I worked at during college served cantaloupe with cottage cheese and I love it. The mint addition sounds even better!

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