When it comes to a quick snack, or meal I’m game! Obviously I love my protein shakes and I’ll always have those, but these are fantastic to meal prep with and make ahead of time to grab and go. I posted a similar recipe on my gluten free blog, and like those as well but I wanted to try something different this time. I read a lot about adding cottage cheese into egg muffins for an extra boost in protein and flavor. In fact this idea all started from when I was at the Starbucks Drive Thru and I needed something high in protein and satisfying. They have these new egg bites called “Sous Vide Egg Bites”. They were seriously to die for! Very creamy, velvety and rich in flavor. But almost $5 for two little ones. I knew I could probably experiment and come up with something similar. I checked out the ingredients and it turns out there is a lot of cottage cheese in it! They have cottage cheese, eggs, cheese, gourmet bacon and some seasonings. Anyway, that is what sparked this whole thing.
This time around I just experimented and put things together I thought would work. I didn’t follow any certain recipe. I mean, you really can’t go wrong with eggs, cheese and veggies right? The end result wasn’t what I was hoping for. While they tasted delicious, I was wanting a more velvety texture like Starbucks’ egg bites. Next time I think I will puree the cottage cheese and add a few less eggs and minimize the meat and veggies. I’ll update this post if I figure out a better ratio with cottage cheese to eggs.
Hope you enjoy!! PS- They are about 80 calories per egg muffin and almost 10 grams of protein. They freeze really well, just remember to peel off the foil wrapper if you’re going to freeze them.
Low Carb Cottage Cheese Egg Muffins
Ingredients
- 10 Eggs Organic Preferred
- 2 Cups 4% Cottage Cheese
- 3/4 Cup Colby Jack Cheese
- 2 Cups Fresh Spinach
- 1 Cup Diced Canadian Bacon or Ham
- 2 Jalapeno Peppers
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 pinch garlic powder
- 1 dash hot sauce
Instructions
- Dice up ham and jalapeno peppers. Chop Spinach. Set aside.
- In large mixing bowl crack your eggs.
- Season with a pinch of salt, pepper, garlic powder and a dash of hot sauce of choice. Whisk together.
- Add in spinach, jalapeno peppers, ham, cheese and cottage cheese. Stir together.
- Preheat Oven to 300 Degrees F, and line two muffin pans with foil cups. Spray cups with oil.
- Use a 1/4 measuring cup to scoop out mixture and put in each muffin tin.
- Bake on 300 Degrees for roughly 30 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes.
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Oh my goodness – these look delicious!! I’m definitely going to try them out tomorrow and keep a few extra on hand to snack on over the next few days. :p Just need to pick up some Spinach and Colby Jack cheese, can’t wait! Thanks for sharing. ^^