REACH FOR THE JARS

For lunch, New Yorkers are keeping it glassy — and nutritious — with layered rainbow takeout

SO much for brown bags — a growing number of NYC foodies have jars in their eyes.

Several eateries around town are now courting convenience-loving takeout crowds with supernutritious meals layered in clear screw-top containers. Call it the Jar-den of Eden: Offerings from several spots sampled by The Post were richly stacked with flavorful riffs on plant-based ingredients, such as turmeric quinoa and honey-mustard beets.

Sure, the rainbow-filled jars are Instagram bait. But their eye-candy quality also heightens excitement about eating healthy, says Julie Garden-Robinson, Ph.D., a nutrition professor at North Dakota State University and an expert on the visual impact of meals.

“You enjoy the natural beauty of food and benefit from its nutrition,” she says. “[Clear jars are] an excellent way to encourage eating the recommended 4 1/2 cups of vegetables and fruits per day.”

Not to mention, strategic stacking helps preserve the texture of ingredients (for instance, by putting crisp greens on top of pickled veggies). And unlike a clamshell container of sad desk salad, a screw-top jar probably won’t leak in transit.

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The jarred meals at Tyme’s new hub in Times Square are made for efficient enjoyment. All you need is a fork (inset).