High Protein Cottage Cheese Scrambled Eggs - Easy Recipe!
Adding cottage cheese to scrambled eggs, ups the protein and is a quick, easy and delicious breakfast recipe.
Cottage cheese eggs are a real favourite go-to breakfast at our house. Quick, easy and a delicious way to squeeze extra protein into your day.
Why You'll LOVE This Recipe
Really quick to prepare - you can have these cheesy eggs ready to cook in just 30 seconds!
Quick to cook - the cottage cheese eggs cook in just a couple of minutes, so even on busy mornings, there's time to make these.
Taste really good! the cottage cheese adds a really creamy flavour to the eggs, so they taste just great.
Cottage Cheese Scramble Eggs Recipe
Serves – 1
Prep Time – 1 minute
Cook Time – approx 3 minutes
Total Time – 4 minutes
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Ingredients For Cottage Cheese Scrambled Eggs
You just need 5 ingredients to make these tasty scrambled eggs for breakfast!
- Knob of butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon cottage cheese
- pinch salt
- pinch black pepper
Equipment Needed
- Small bowl
- Fork or mini-whisk
- Tablespoon
- Small saucepan
How To Make Scrambled Eggs With Cottage Cheese
You're going to love how quick and easy these eggs are to make for breakfast!
Step One - melt the butter
- Melt the butter in a small frying pan on the hob over a medium heat.
Step Two - whisk the eggs and cottage cheese together
- Crack the eggs into a small bowl, spoon in the cottage cheese, add a pinch of salt, pinch of black pepper and whisk together using a fork.
Step Three - cook the cottage cheese eggs
- Pour the cheesy eggs into the sizzling butter in the pan.
- Stir gently with a wooden spoon or spatula until the eggs scramble to you liking.
Step Four - serve
- Then remove from the pan and serve.
What To Serve With High Protein Cottage Cheese Eggs
These eggs are great eaten just as they are, or add some extras, try...
- Toast, bagels or crumpets (if eating gluten free be sure to choose gluten-free options)
- Serve with crispy bacon, or your favourite breakfast sausages.
- Great with hash browns - we cook hash browns in the air fryer
- Add a bowl of protein yogurt berry bowl
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Recipe Variations And Tasty Add Ins
Use flavoured cottage cheese - try making this with chive and onion cottage cheese
Add in fresh herbs - these cheesy eggs got great with dill, chives and flat leaf parsley.
Add in some cooked ham - add some cooked ham to the eggs before scrambling.
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Cottage Cheese Scrambled Eggs
Super easy high-protein eggs recipe that's delicious for breakfast or brunch.
Ingredients
- Knob of butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon cottage cheese
- pinch salt
- pinch black pepper
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a small frying pan on the hob over a medium heat.
- Crack the eggs into a small bowl, spoon in the cottage cheese, add a pinch of salt, pinch of black pepper and whisk together using a fork.
- Pour the cheesy eggs into the sizzling butter in the pan.
- Stir gently with a wooden spoon or spatula until the eggs scramble to you liking.
- Then remove from the pan and serve.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 1 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 258Total Fat: 22gSaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 405mgSodium: 415mgCarbohydrates: 1gFiber: 0gSugar: 1gProtein: 14g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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