A simple shrimp and pasta salad tossed with sliced green onions, coarsely chopped tomatoes, crumbled feta cheese, creamy-style cottage cheese, crushed dried oregano leaves and a generous amount of freshly ground black pepper.

Feta and Shrimp Salad

1 pound medium shrimp, cooked and deveined
1 cup (4 ounces) crumbled Wisconsin Feta cheese
1 cup (7 1/2 ounces) cream-style Cottage Cheese
8 green onions, thinly sliced
2 tomatoes, cored and coarsely chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano leaves, crushed
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Salt to taste
8 ounces spaghetti, broken in half, cooked according to package directions and drained

1. Combine shrimp, feta and cottage cheese, onions, tomatoes, oregano, black pepper and salt in a large bowl. Mix well. Add pasta and toss. Serve immediately.

Makes 6 servings.

Note: For a flavorful variation, substitute Peppercorn flavored Wisconsin Feta cheese.

Recipe and photograph courtesy of Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Inc.