Lunch

Jacket potato with cottage cheese and baked beans

Name: Jacket potato with cottage cheese and baked beans
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 2 portions
Ingredients: 2 whole baking potatoes; 150 g cottage cheese; 200 g tinned baked beans; 1 tbsp chives, chopped; black pepper, to taste

A store-cupboard jacket potato topped with cottage cheese and baked beans — a budget-friendly, filling lunch with calcium and fibre.

Prep: 5 min
Cook: 60 min
Total: 65 min
Portions: 2

Easy
Trying to conceive
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Budget-friendly
Fibre-rich
Calcium-containing
Store-cupboard

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Portions

Ingredient quantities update automatically. Cooking times may need a little adjustment when you change the batch size.

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Only swaps that keep this recipe pregnancy-safe are offered. Allergen information below updates when you choose one.

Dairy-free alternative: use dairy-free soft cheese alternative instead of cottage cheese
Ingredient unavailable: use tinned chickpeas in tomato sauce instead of tinned baked beans

Ingredients

For 2 portions. Tick items as you go — nothing is changed for anyone else.

This recipe contains foods that can contribute to a varied and balanced diet during pregnancy.

Method

Step 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C (fan 180°C).
Step 2. Prick the potatoes several times with a fork and bake for around 60 minutes until the skins are crisp and the centres are soft.
Step 3. Meanwhile, warm the baked beans in a small saucepan until piping hot.
Step 4. Cut a cross in the top of each potato and squeeze gently to open.
Step 5. Top with cottage cheese and hot baked beans, scatter over the chives and season with black pepper.

Allergens for your selection

Contains: Milk
Contains: Celery

Ingredient brands and substitutions can change allergen content. Always check the labels on the products you buy.

Food-Safety Notes

Cook baked beans until piping hot throughout before serving.
Cool and refrigerate leftovers promptly, and reheat only once until piping hot.
Keep cottage cheese chilled and use within its use-by date.

Supplements and drinks

The NHS advises taking a 400 microgram folic acid supplement every day while trying for a baby and until you are 12 weeks pregnant. Folate-containing foods do not replace that supplement. Some people are advised to take a higher dose — ask your GP.
The NHS advises considering a daily 10 microgram vitamin D supplement, particularly between October and early March.
The NHS advises avoiding alcohol if you could become pregnant, and limiting caffeine to 200mg a day in pregnancy. Recipes here contain no alcohol.

Allergens

Contains: Milk
Contains: Celery

Ingredient brands and substitutions can change allergen content. Always check the labels on the products you buy.

Storage, freezing and reheating

In the fridge: Cool leftovers quickly and refrigerate within 1–2 hours; eat within 24 hours.
Freezing: Not suitable for freezing.
Reheating: Reheat the potato and beans until piping hot throughout; add fresh cottage cheese afterwards.
Reheating limit: Reheat once only, then discard any leftovers.
Add fresh: cottage cheese, chives

Approximate nutrition per portion

Energy: 400 kcal
Protein: 20 g
Carbohydrates: 58 g
Fibre: 8 g
Fat: 8 g
Saturated fat: 3.5 g
Salt: 1.5 g
Iron: 2.5 mg
Calcium: 150 mg

All figures are approximate and will vary with the products and portion sizes you use.

Key nutrients: Calcium, Fibre, Protein.

Sources

Vitamins and minerals — Calcium — NHS, reviewed 25 July 2026
Chilling, freezing and reheating food safely — Food Standards Agency, reviewed 25 July 2026
The Eatwell Guide — NHS, reviewed 25 July 2026

Written by Antega Editorial Team · Reviewed status: Published · Last reviewed 25 July 2026

Important information

Antega's Trying to Conceive Recipes are provided for general information and meal inspiration for anyone hoping to conceive, including partners. They are not a personalised diet plan, they are not fertility treatment, and no food or recipe can be said to improve fertility or guarantee conception. They do not replace advice from your GP, midwife, fertility specialist, registered dietitian or another qualified healthcare professional. Speak to a healthcare professional before making significant dietary changes, particularly if you have allergies, diabetes, PCOS, endometriosis, coeliac disease, a thyroid condition, another medical condition or specific dietary requirements.

If you have PCOS, endometriosis, diabetes, coeliac disease, a thyroid condition or another medical condition, ask your GP or a registered dietitian how these meal ideas fit your own care plan.