
Full-fat cottage cheese seasoned hard with black pepper, lemon, and dill, topped with cucumber, radish, and everything-bagel seeds. Cold, protein-dense, no cooking, not remotely diet-y.
Cold, no-cook savory bowls like this are lifesavers when the smell of cooking is itself triggering nausea. Cottage cheese is cheap, cold-chain friendly, and cracks the 25g protein target in one scoop.
Serves 1 · 5 min prep
Tip 250g full-fat cottage cheese into a shallow bowl and season hard with salt, black pepper, and ½ tsp lemon juice.
~1 min
Top with ¼ diced cucumber (60g) and 3 thinly sliced radishes.
~2 min
Drizzle with 1 tsp olive oil and sprinkle over 1 tsp mixed sesame and poppy seeds plus a small handful of dill.
~2 min
Season the cottage cheese aggressively — it's bland on its own, but responds beautifully to acid and pepper. Leave to sit 2 minutes before eating so flavors mingle.
Use a high-protein unsweetened soy yogurt plus 1 tbsp nutritional yeast for a vegan version with a similar punch.