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Creamy scrambled eggs with cottage cheese in a white bowl, sprinkled with fresh chives

Scrambled Eggs With Cottage Cheese: Creamy, High-Protein, in 10 Minutes

Prep
5 min
Cook
5 min
Total
10 min
Servings
2 servings

Scrambled eggs with cottage cheese in about 10 minutes: soft curds, about 19 g of protein per serving, and an honest look at the sodium, the eggs and what food safety says about runny eggs.

Ingredients

  • 4 largeeggs
  • 1/2 cupplain cottage cheese, small curd, 2% milkfat
  • 1/4 tspsalt
  • 1/8 tspblack pepper
  • 1 tbspunsalted butter
  • 1 tbspchopped fresh chives, or other soft herbs

Equipment

  • Nonstick skillet (10-inch)
  • Rubber spatula

Instructions

  1. Drain the cottage cheese (optional). If your cottage cheese looks very wet, spoon it into a fine mesh strainer over a bowl for a few minutes. This is optional.
    Small curd cottage cheese draining in a fine mesh strainer over a glass bowl, with milky liquid dripping below
  2. Whisk. Crack the eggs into a bowl, add the salt and pepper and whisk until blended. Stir in the cottage cheese. For a smoother result, blend the eggs and cottage cheese in a blender.
    A white bowl of whisked beaten eggs with a wire whisk resting in it
  3. Melt the butter. Set a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat and melt the butter until foamy.
    A nonstick skillet on a stovetop with a piece of butter melting and foaming in the pan
  4. Cook and fold. Pour in the eggs. As the edges set, drag a rubber spatula from the edges toward the center in slow folds. Keep folding until the eggs are set and no liquid egg is left, about 3 to 4 minutes.
    Soft folded scrambled eggs with cottage cheese curds in a nonstick skillet with a rubber spatula
  5. Finish and serve. Take the skillet off the heat, fold in the chives and serve right away.
    Scrambled eggs with cottage cheese in a nonstick skillet next to a spatula, ready to serve

Notes

  • The USDA says scrambled eggs should not be runny: cook them until no liquid egg is left.
  • Serve right away. If you have leftovers, cool them quickly in a shallow container and refrigerate.

Nutrition Facts

Per serving (estimated) : Calories: 240 | Total Carbohydrate: 3 g | Protein: 19 g | Total Fat: 17 g

Category: Healthy RecipesAuthor: Emma BloomCuisine: American