Cheesy Scrambled Eggs with Spinach

Cottage cheese eggs are a easy dish that’s so full of good-for-you substances and protein that it’ll preserve you going effectively into the lunch hour. They’re actually a powerhouse breakfast and straightforward technique to energize your morning!

Cottage Cheese Eggs

They’re so jammed with good things, in reality, that my boys used to (and technically nonetheless do) name them “Energy Eggs.” The unique title of the put up right here was “Tacky Scrambled Eggs with Spinach a.okay.a. Energy Eggs.”

Nonetheless, that title was a mouthful, albeit a scrumptious one, and crucial factor right here is that these are simply as tasty as could be, fluffy, tacky, cottage cheese eggs. That is one thing we’ve been consuming for effectively over ten years now, and the spinach within the recipe is non-obligatory. So, it was time to replace this put up. In the event you add spinach, although, Popeye will approve!

Spinach Eggs

A few years in the past, after watching Popeye eat his spinach after which develop stronger, my boys determined this breakfast needs to be known as “Energy Eggs.” Just about any time that now we have spinach in the home, my boys request that I put together their eggs this manner. And now that they’ll cook dinner for themselves, they typically add in spinach too.

Sure, you learn that proper. My kids are literally requesting that I add extra spinach to their breakfast. In the event you give it a strive, I think that you just’re going to like these eggs simply as a lot as we do.

Scrambled Eggs with Cottage Cheese

Including cheese to scrambled eggs is nothing revolutionary, I do know. However have you ever ever added cottage cheese to your scrambled eggs?

On this recipe, you soften cottage cheese in a skillet earlier than including eggs. The cottage cheese flavors the eggs splendidly and offers the entire dish a light-weight and creamy texture.

With extra shredded cheese on high, these scrambled eggs qualify as mega tacky and extremely protein packed! In case your youngsters love cheese of any sort, they’re going to like their eggs cooked this manner.

To make these tacky energy eggs, you’ll want the next substances:

• cottage cheese
• eggs
• Monterey jack or cheddar cheese
• salt
• pepper
• Optionally available: flat leaf spinach

Eggs with Cottage Cheese

To make the eggs, you begin by scooping cottage cheese into the center of a non-stick skillet. Then, (for those who’re together with it) toss frozen spinach on high and canopy with a lid. Prepare dinner till the cheese begins to soften and the spinach is thawed. For me, this takes 6 – 8 minutes.

Add the eggs and stir to mix them with different substances, scrambling them as you go. Prepare dinner on medium-low warmth and stir typically till the eggs are executed.

Season with salt and pepper to style, or seize your shaker of Jane’s Krazy Combined-Up Salt (or make your individual Loopy Salt!) as a result of that is actually the perfect ever seasoning combine for eggs. Sprinkle Monterey jack or cheddar cheese on high. Cowl the pan to permit the shredded cheese to soften. Serve heat and luxuriate in!

My household enjoys these cottage cheese eggs with a aspect of toasted Complete Wheat Bread or English Muffin Bread. They’re additionally tasty stuffed right into a tortilla with salsa for a simple breakfast taco.

Scrambled Egg Recipes

We eat plenty of scrambled eggs on this home–partly as a result of they’re straightforward and filling, partly as a result of they’re a protein packed breakfast I do know my youngsters will love. Want just a few extra concepts for making on a regular basis scrambled eggs extra thrilling?

Together with energy eggs with spinach, you’ll need to add Inexperienced Chile and Sausage Scrambled Eggs and Smoked Salmon Scrambled Eggs to an upcoming breakfast menu. I can’t neglect about Scrambled Eggs with Oyster Mushrooms and Garlic Scapes both!

Made with scrambled eggs and sausage, Breakfast Enchiladas  and Breakfast Grilled Cheese are different enjoyable methods to make odd breakfast meals extra thrilling.

{initially printed 5/25/2011 – recipe notes and pictures up to date 1/29/2025}

recipe gently tailored from and with because of Kitchen Stewardship