Everything-bagel cottage cheese snack jars
40 min · 25 g protein · 246 cals / serving
Grab-and-go jars for the week: creamy cottage cheese under a layer of crisp cucumber, sweet cherry tomatoes and yellow pepper, topped at the last minute with garlicky roasted chickpeas and a shower of everything-bagel seasoning. All the savoury crunch of a bagel with the works, eaten with a spoon.
Ingredients
Crispy chickpeas
- 1 can (15 oz) chickpeas, drained, rinsed and patted very dry
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp everything bagel seasoning, divided
Jars
- 2 1/2 cups cottage cheese (1%)
- 1 small English cucumber cucumber, diced
- 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 yellow bell pepper, diced
- 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
Steps
- Heat the oven to 425°F or the air fryer to 400°F. Roll the chickpeas in a clean towel until very dry, toss with the oil and garlic powder, and roast for 20–25 minutes in the oven (12–15 in the air fryer), shaking now and then, until they rattle and crunch all the way through. Toss with 1 tsp of the seasoning while hot and let them cool completely.
- Spoon the cottage cheese into four jars. Mix the cucumber, tomatoes, pepper and dill and layer them on top. Close the jars and keep them in the fridge for up to 3 days, with the chickpeas in a separate airtight box.
- To eat, top a jar with a quarter of the chickpeas and a sprinkle of the remaining seasoning, and dig down so each spoonful gets cheese, vegetables and crunch.
Good to know
Why keep the chickpeas apart?
They soak up moisture and go soft within a few hours in the jar. A small lidded pot on top of the jar or a snack bag in your lunch bag keeps them crisp.
Smoother or chunkier?
Some people like the curds, some do not: whip the cottage cheese smooth for 30 seconds before filling the jars if you are in the second camp.
Other mix-ins?
Sliced radish, a few olives or pickled red onion are all good, and a drizzle of hot honey turns it sweet-savoury.
Per
- Calories
- 71
- Protein
- (42%)
- 7 g
- Fat
- (22%)
- 2 g
- Carbohydrates
- (37%)
- 7 g
- of which sugar
- 3 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 237 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. General guidance, not medical advice. Talk to your prescriber. How
As written, 984 kcal goes into the pot and 1488 g of ingredients comes out as about 1390 g of food: 71 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.