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Try scrambled eggs with cottage cheese as a healthy breakfast idea! The cheese adds protein and irresistibly savory flavor.
Ready for the new best trick for your mornings? Try Scrambled Eggs with Cottage Cheese! This healthy cheese adds an irresistibly savory flavor and fluffy texture to the eggs. Even better, it adds a pop of protein and helps to stretch the serving size without adding extra eggs. By adding the cheese, you can get away with 1 egg per serving! Here’s how to make this eggs-tra tasty spin on the classic breakfast.
Tips for scrambled eggs with cottage cheese
It’s easy to overcook scrambled eggs, resulting in rubbery, tastless blobs. But follow these tips and your scrambled eggs with cottage cheese come out fluffy, moist, and perfectly seasoned! Cottage cheese is very high in protein and low in protein for a cheese (source), which makes it ideal for adding to breakfasts and lunch recipes. Here’s what to do:
- Whisk the eggs, then add cottage cheese. Season with salt and pepper here too.
- Melt butter on Medium heat. Avoid high heat! You’ll want medium to medium low, so as to not over-cook them.
- Scrape into soft folds, about 1 to 2 minutes. Scrape them gently into soft folds, stirring only occasionally. Resist the urge to over stir, or you’ll end up with tiny pieces! This all goes fast so keep your eye on it.
- Resist the urge to overcook your eggs! You want to pull them when they’ve just started to set. Keep going and they’ll turn rubbery.
A note on serving size
One nice thing about scrambled eggs with cottage cheese: the cottage cheese helps to stretch the serving without adding another egg! Typically we use a serving size of 2 eggs per person. But adding the cottage cheese increases the volume. Here are a few things to note:
- The recipe below makes 2 modest servings. You could also eat it as one serving for a very hearty breakfast.
- Double for 3 to 4 servings. A double recipe is great for three (the size of our family!), but works for 4 with a side like toast.
Scrambled eggs with cottage cheese for a healthy breakfast
Of course, you can eat these scrambled eggs with cottage cheese with nothing else and it’s a 5 minute healthy breakfast. We like adding whole grain toast or throwing them onto a multi-grain English muffin to balance out with some whole grains. Here are some additional serving suggestions:
- Throw them onto avocado toast
- Add a side of fruit
- Serve with hash browns, oven hash browns, home fries, or sweet potato hash browns
- Add a side of vegan bacon
- Eat with pan fried potatoes
- Make them into egg tacos by eating in a tortilla with salsa and/or refried beans
Let us know how you eat them in the comments below!
More cottage cheese recipes
Cottage cheese is low in calories and high in protein: the ideal healthy cheese to add to your meals. Here are a few more ideas for using it in recipes:
- Try protein packed Cottage Cheese Pancakes that taste like French toast.
- Make creamy and cozy Cottage Cheese Mac and Cheese.
- Go for a Crustless Quiche with Cottage Cheese.
- Try Whipped Cottage Cheese on toast or as a dip, or ranch-seasoned Cottage Cheese Dip.
- Try all our Cottage Cheese Recipes.
This scrambled eggs with cottage cheese recipe is…
Vegetarian and gluten-free.
Scrambled Eggs with Cottage Cheese
Try scrambled eggs with cottage cheese as a healthy breakfast idea! The cheese adds protein and irresistibly savory flavor.
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Scrambled
- Cuisine: Breakfast
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 2 eggs*
- ¼ cup cottage cheese
- ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
- Fresh ground black pepper
- ½ tablespoon butter
- Finely chopped chives, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, crack the eggs. Whisk them together until well-beaten and foamy. Stir in the cottage cheese, kosher salt and a few grinds fresh ground black pepper.
- In a skillet, heat the butter over medium heat. Tilt the pan to ensure the surface is coated in the melted butter. Pour in the eggs.
- Keep the heat on medium. When the eggs just start to set, use a flat spatula to slowly scrape sections of eggs, creating folds. Scrape occasionally until the eggs form soft folds, about 1 to 2 minutes total. Remove from the heat just before they are fully hardened. If desired, garnish with chives and serve immediately.
Notes
*The added cottage cheese helps to stretch the servings. Double for 3 large or 4 medium servings.
These cottage cheese eggs are delicious and have now become a favorite of mine! Thank you!
My daughter had her wisdom teeth out is trying to eat soft, yet nutrient dense, and filling foods. This was a great dish for her!
Delicious! After I poured the egg/cottage cheese mixture into the pan, I turned down the heat and covered the pan. An easy finish!
Great idea! So glad you enjoyed – thanks for making it!
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