Healthy Banana Split Fruit Salad

This tropical fruit salad can be made into a salad of your favorite fruits. For example, you can do this salad for fall by using apples or pears.

Ingredients:

• 2 large bananas
• 4 cups low fat cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup walnuts or pecans
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 1 mango
• 1 cup fresh pineapple, sliced
• 1 cup fresh strawberries
• 2/3 cup wheat germ or ground flax seed

Directions:

Makes two large salads or four smaller ones. Slice bananas in half lengthwise. Place on plates forming an oval. In center of bananas, place cottage cheese, 1/4 cup at a time. Place pineapple slices around bananas. Peel mango and cut into pieces. Arrange around bananas. To peel  mango, take a fork and insert it into mango next to seed, then slice mango into quarters through the skin. Peel  mango and cut into fruit for serving. Add nuts to top and sides of plate. Sprinkle flax seed or wheat germ over top of cottage cheese. Wash strawberries and add to plate then top everything off with a sprinkle of raisins.

Number of Servings: 2-4