Goin' Bananas!

BANANA COTTAGE CHEESE SALAD

4 bananas, well ripened        2 cups cottage cheese
2 cups fresh strawberries
2 cups melon balls (honeydew or cantaloupe)
1/4 cup chopped nutmeats        lettuce


Prepare bananas and slice thin crosswise, or dice.

Combine bananas with cottage cheese and mix carefully.  Mold or scoop mixture on a bed of lettuce.  Arrange melon and strawberries around edge of cottage cheese.  Top with nutmeats.

Spoon banana-yogurt dressing over salad, or use another favorite dressing, then sprinkle with nutmeats.

Serves 6