High Protein Egg Bars

• servings: 9 servings
• active time: 20 minutes
• total time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

1 lb turkey sausages (cooked and sliced thinly)

6 eggs

1 cup 2% cottage cheese

1 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

½ cup ground flaxseed (see notes below)

1 tsp italian seasoning blend

½ tsp onion powder

½ tsp salt

⅛ tsp black pepper

1 cup spinach (chopped)

½ cup red bell pepper (diced)

1 ½ cups cheddar or mozzarella cheese (shredded)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350F and prepare a 9x9 inch square baking pan.

Cook turkey sausages until fully cooked and no longer pink in colour, set aside to cool.

In a large mixing bowl whisk together eggs and cottage cheese.

In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder, ground flax seed, Italian seasoning, onion powder, salt and black pepper.

Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, whisking to combine.

Stir in the spinach, cooked sausage and bell pepper and 1 cup of cheese. Pour batter into the baking dish, top with remaining ½ cup of cheese and bake for about 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the tray comes out clean.

Slice into 9 equal sized bars and enjoy!

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 bar
• Calories: 322 kcal
• Total Fat: 18 g
• Saturated Fat: 6 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
• Trans Fat: 0.2 g
• Cholesterol: 170 mg
• Sodium: 720 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 16 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3 g
• Total Sugars: 1 g
• Protein: 23 g