Cottage Cheese Clam Dip

2 ½ cups nonfat cottage cheese

1 (8 ounce) can minced clams, drained with juice reserved

3 tablespoons fat free sour cream

½ teaspoon grated onion

¼ teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons lemon juice

1 tablespoon clam juice

¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

In a mixing bowl, mash the cottage cheese with a fork until it is smooth and creamy.

Combine the clams, sour cream, onion, salt, lemon juice, clam juice and pepper with the cottage cheese. Refrigerate the mixture and allow it to chill for 30 minutes, or until it thickens.