Protein snack box (grown-up lunchable)
27 min · 45 g protein · 536 cals / serving
The lunch box you build instead of cooking: everything-seasoned hard-boiled eggs, rolled smoked turkey, sharp cheddar, pots of hummus and everything-dusted cottage cheese, crunchy vegetables, a pickle spear, sweet grapes and rye crispbread. Lots of little bites, salty, creamy, crunchy and sweet, that add up to a real meal.
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- 3/4 tsp everything bagel seasoning, divided
- 5 1/2 oz smoked turkey breast, thinly sliced deli turkey
- 1 oz sharp cheddar cheese, cubed
- 1 medium cucumber, cut into sticks
- 1 cup baby carrots
- 1 cup sugar snap peas
- 1 cup grape tomatoes
- 2 spears reduced sodium dill pickles
- 3 tbsp hummus
- scant 1/2 cup cottage cheese (1%)
- 1/2 cup red seedless grapes
Steps
- Lower the eggs into boiling water and cook for 10 minutes, then cool in ice water and peel. Halve them and sprinkle the cut sides with most of the everything seasoning.
- Roll each turkey slice into a cigar, cube the cheese and cut the cucumber into sticks. Pat the vegetables and pickles dry.
- Divide everything between two compartment lunch boxes: the hummus and the cottage cheese in small lidded cups, the cottage cheese dusted with the last of the everything seasoning, the crispbread in a dry compartment of its own, and the grapes next to the cheese.
Good to know
How long does it keep?
Four days in the fridge, so you can pack two to four boxes on Sunday. Peeled eggs keep best in a sealed box; keep the crispbread out of the fridge and add it in the morning so it stays crisp.
How do I pack it?
A bento-style box with compartments keeps the wet things (pickles, tomatoes, hummus) away from the dry ones. Dry the pickles on paper towel before they go in, so the crackers never meet brine.
What else can go in?
Swap in a tuna pouch, edamame, leftover chicken, apple slices or a few olives. Keep a protein, a crunchy vegetable, something creamy to dip and something crisp, and the box always works.
Alternative
Per
- Calories
- 82
- Protein
- (35%)
- 7 g
- Fat
- (36%)
- 3 g
- Carbohydrates
- (29%)
- 6 g
- of which sugar
- 3 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 247 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 1072 kcal goes into the pot and 1313 g of ingredients comes out as about 1310 g of food: 82 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.