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Cottage Cheese Egg Bites
Eggs and cottage cheese are blended, poured into a muffin tin with spinach and cheddar, and baked at 350°F.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Total
- 35 min
- Servings
- 4
- Difficulty
- Easy
Why you’ll love it
- Blend the cottage cheese so it is not lumpy.
- 350°F, not a blast of heat.
- They puff, then settle.
- A muffin tin, greased.
Ingredients
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Instructions
- 1
Heat the oven to 350°F. Oil 8 muffin cups.
- 2
Blend the eggs, cottage cheese, and salt until smooth. Stir in spinach and cheddar.
- 3
Divide among the cups. Bake 22 to 25 minutes, until set and just brown on top.
- 4
Rest 5 minutes, then lift them out.
Pro tips
- If you do not have a blender, whisk hard. A few curds are fine.
- They pop out more cleanly if the tin is greased, not just nonstick.
- Ham, 1/2 cup diced, can go in with the spinach.
Easy substitutions
- Cheddar
- Feta
- Spinach
- Chopped broccoli, steamed and dried
Storage and reheating
Storage
Refrigerate up to 4 days.
Reheating
Warm at 300°F for 8 minutes, or microwave one bite for 30 seconds.
Nutrition
Estimates per serving, using standard ingredient averages and rounded to the nearest gram. This is not a lab analysis, and it shifts if you change brands or add sides.
- Calories
- 230
- Protein
- 32 g
- Carbs
- 3 g
- Fat
- 10 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
Budget friendly · Oven · High Protein, Gluten-Free, Vegetarian
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