Cottage Cheese Scrambled Eggs

About This Recipe

Cottage cheese is the secret weapon for the creamiest, most protein-dense scrambled eggs you will ever eat. The curds melt into the eggs as they cook, creating soft, pillowy folds with an incredibly silky texture and nearly double the protein of regular scrambles. Served on wholemeal toast with avocado, it is the ultimate quick-prep fitness breakfast.

Ingredients

Serves 2

• 5 largeeggs
• 120 gcottage cheese
• 1 tbspbutter
• 2 sliceswholemeal toast
• 1 smallavocado, sliced
• 1 pinchsalt and black pepper
• 1 tbspfresh chives, snipped

Instructions

1. 1

   Whisk eggs and cottage cheese

   Crack eggs into a bowl, add cottage cheese, salt, and pepper. Whisk until just combined — a few lumps of cottage cheese are fine and will melt during cooking.

2. 2

   Cook low and slow

   Melt butter in a non-stick pan over low heat. Pour in the egg mixture and stir slowly with a spatula, pushing large curds from the edges to the centre.

3. 3

   Remove from heat early

   When the eggs are still slightly wet and glossy (about 4-5 minutes), remove the pan from heat. The residual heat will finish cooking them to a soft, creamy consistency.

4. 4

   Serve

   Spoon scrambled eggs onto wholemeal toast. Top with sliced avocado and fresh chives.

Variations

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  Add smoked salmon and dill for a luxurious upgrade.

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  Mix in sun-dried tomatoes and basil for a Mediterranean twist.

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  Vegetarian: swap the protein for roasted king oyster mushrooms, smoked tofu or cooked chickpeas — adjust seasoning slightly upward to compensate.

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  Spicier: add a finely chopped fresh chile or a teaspoon of crushed Aleppo/Urfa pepper to the aromatics for warm, layered heat instead of a single sharp hit.

Storage

Best eaten immediately. Scrambled eggs do not store or reheat well.

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