Microwave jacket potato with cottage cheese and broccoli
A hot, fluffy baked potato topped with cool cottage cheese, broccoli and a sprinkle of everything bagel seasoning, a high-protein vegetarian dinner for under two and a half dollars.
- 16 min total
- 5 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 1
- About $2.16 a serving
- 360 calories
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
Dolly says: I’d make this on a weeknight. It’s on the table in 16 minutes.
Ingredients
For 1 servings.
- 1 russet potato, large, about 12 oz
- ½ cup frozen broccoli
- ¾ cup cottage cheese
- ½ tsp everything bagel seasoning
- 1 green onion, torn into small pieces (optional)
From your pantry
- 1 pinch black pepper
Each serving has about 360 calories, 25 g protein, 50 g carbs and 8 g fat, and costs about $2.16 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No russet potatoes? Yukon Gold potatoes work.
- No frozen broccoli? Broccoli works.
- No green onions? Chives work.
Steps
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Scrub the potato under running water, dry it, and poke it 6 to 8 times all over with a fork.
Dolly’s tip: The holes let steam escape. Skip them and a potato can burst in the microwave.Microwave it on a plate on high for 5 minutes, then turn it over using a folded paper towel.
Timer: 5 min
Microwave 4 to 6 minutes more, until a fork slides into the thickest part with no resistance.
Timer: 5 min
Microwave the broccoli in a covered mug with of water for 1½ minutes, then it.
Splash. A splash is a small, quick pour, about a teaspoon to a tablespoon. It’s there to loosen or brighten a dish, so the exact amount doesn’t matter.
How you’ll know: The dish looks a little looser or tastes a little brighter, not soupy.
Drain. Draining means pouring off liquid, like tipping pasta into a colander or spooning extra fat out of the pan. Pour hot grease into a can or jar, not the sink, where it hardens and clogs the pipes.
How you’ll know: Only a few drips are left, and the food isn’t sitting in a puddle.
Timer: 1 min 30 sec
Split the potato open with the fork and push the ends toward the middle so the inside puffs up.
Dolly’s tip: Hold the potato with a folded paper towel. The steam inside is very hot.Pile the cottage cheese and broccoli on top and finish with the pepper, everything bagel seasoning and green onion.
Dolly’s tip: Cold cottage cheese against a hot potato is the point. If you’d rather have it warm, microwave the whole thing 30 seconds.
Plan this in Dollop, and get the grocery list
Dollop puts this dinner on a night that suits your week, lists only what you still need to buy, and walks you through each step while you cook.
