Cottage Cheese with Hot Pepper Tomatoes

This is a five-minute lunch that leans on cottage cheese for a big hit of protein, topped with juicy diced tomato, fresh jalapeño, and a crack of black pepper for heat. It's cool, creamy, and a little spicy, with no cooking required and nothing heavy weighing it down. A small drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of salt pull it all together into something that feels like more than the sum of its parts.

Ingredients

• 1 cupcottage cheese, full-fat or low-fat, gluten-free
• 1 mediumtomato, diced
• 1 smalljalapeño, finely diced, seeds removed for less heat
• 1 tspolive oil
• 0.25 tspblack pepper, freshly cracked
• 0.125 tspsalt

Method

1. Dice the tomato and jalapeño into small pieces.
2. Spoon the cottage cheese into a bowl.
3. Scatter the diced tomato and jalapeño over the top.
4. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and black pepper.