Egg Bites with Cottage Cheese

• servings: 12 servings
• active time: 5 minutes
• total time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

8 large eggs

1 cup cottage cheese (I used 2% fat)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/2 cup fresh basil (finely chopped)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F and line muffin tin with parchment paper liners. Set aside.

In a blender or food processor, add eggs, cottage cheese, salt and pepper. Blend until smooth. Then add basil and give blender a few shakes to distribute it.

Pour egg mixture into prepared muffin pan and bake for 25-28 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle of center egg bites in the pan comes out clean and tops are slightly golden and egg bites have puffed up.

Remove from the oven and enjoy.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 egg bite
• Calories: 60 kcal
• Total Fat: 4 g
• Saturated Fat: 1 g
• Trans Fat: 0.01 g
• Cholesterol: 112 mg
• Sodium: 195 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.03 g
• Total Sugars: 1 g
• Protein: 6 g