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Cottage Cheese and Ham on Toasted Wholemeal

Name: Cottage Cheese and Ham on Toasted Wholemeal
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 1 slice, about 40 g Wholemeal bread; 100 g Cottage cheese; 60 g Lean ham, sliced; 50 g Tomato; 30 g Gherkins; A few, snipped Chives; To taste Black pepper

One slice of toasted wholemeal spread with cottage cheese and topped with ham, tomato, chopped gherkin and chives. Five minutes, 27 g of protein for 263 kcal.

Calories: 263kcal
Protein: 27g
Fat: 7g
Carbs: 21g

Per serving, makes 1. 5 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

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Cottage Cheese and Ham on Toasted Wholemeal, plated and ready to serve. — The finished recipe. Cottage Cheese and Ham on Toasted Wholemeal

Ingredients 1 to 6 for cottage cheese and ham on toasted wholemeal arranged separately on a dark worktop. — Ingredients 1 to 6. 1 slice, about 40 g Wholemeal bread. 100 g Cottage cheese. 60 g Lean ham, sliced (Cooked deli weight, as sold.). 50 g Tomato. 30 g Gherkins. A few, snipped Chives

Ingredients 7 to 7 for cottage cheese and ham on toasted wholemeal arranged separately on a dark worktop. — Ingredients 7 to 7. To taste Black pepper

Cottage Cheese and Ham on Toasted Wholemeal, preparation step 1: Toast the bread until it is firm. — Step 1. Toast the bread until it is firm.

Cottage Cheese and Ham on Toasted Wholemeal, preparation step 2: Spread the cottage cheese over it thickly. Lay the ham on in folds and the tomato in slices. — Step 2. Spread the cottage cheese over it thickly. Lay the ham on in folds and the tomato in slices.

The finished cottage cheese and ham on toasted wholemeal. — Step 3. Scatter the chopped gherkin and chives over with a grind of pepper. Eat with a knife and fork.

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Ingredients

Wholemeal bread1 slice, about 40 g
Cottage cheese100 g
Lean ham, sliced60 g
Cooked deli weight, as sold.
Tomato50 g
Gherkins30 g
ChivesA few, snipped
Black pepperTo taste

Method

Toast the bread until it is firm.
Spread the cottage cheese over it thickly. Lay the ham on in folds and the tomato in slices.
Scatter the chopped gherkin and chives over with a grind of pepper. Eat with a knife and fork.

Worth knowing

Cottage cheese and ham share the protein at about 11 g each, on a single slice of bread, which is how it stays at 263 kcal.
The tomato and gherkin are wet. Assemble it when you eat, not before.

Other lunch recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every lunch under 300 calories a serving.

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