Lemon parsley Cottage white-bean potato bowls

Ingredients for 4 servings.

Weigh each ingredient in the state named below. Cooked weights are not raw shopping weights.

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A straightforward prep.

12 min prep + 12 min assembly cooking, approximately. Time excludes first cooking any ingredients listed as already cooked, and chilling.

1. Cook grains and proteins first if starting from raw ingredients; the listed quantities are the cooked edible weights. Wash and prepare vegetables.
2. Keep cottage cheese chilled and spoon it over the warmed potato at serving.
3. Warm cooked components in a wide pan with the measured oil, keeping delicate fish or dairy separate. Cook any raw vegetables until tender.
4. Whisk lemon juice with finely chopped parsley and crushed garlic. Toss through after the hot ingredients stop steaming.
5. Divide the grain or bean base between four shallow meal boxes, then add the protein and vegetables. Pack cold dairy separately if listed.
6. Refrigerate perishable portions within 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F. Use shallow containers; freeze portions that will be eaten after the storage window.

Original instructions, not kitchen-tested. Use a thermometer and equipment guidance; approximate timing does not establish food safety.