Cottage Cheese Egg Bake

Cottage Cheese Egg Bake is a high-protein breakfast recipe ready in 50 min. It makes 4 servings, each 380 kcal with 37 g protein. Beginner level, 10 ingredients.

Adapted from a home cook's recipe and measured by Cookpath.

  • 50 mintotal
  • Beginnerlevel
  • 380kcal a serving
  • 37 gprotein
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Cottage Cheese Egg Bake

What is Cottage Cheese Egg Bake

Shredded sweet potato, onion and pepper sauteed, then baked under a blended cottage cheese, egg and mozzarella mixture.

More:Potato recipesHigh-protein egg recipesLow-calorie meals

How to make Cottage Cheese Egg Bake

Tips from the cook

  • Shred the sweet potato fine, so it softens with the other vegetables in the 6 minutes.
  • Use an oven-safe pan, as it goes straight from the hob to the oven.
  • Blend the egg mixture until smooth, so there are no curds.
  • Cut into wedges once it is set.
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Meal prep and storage

Keeps 4 days in the fridge and reheats well in slices.

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Cottage Cheese Egg Bake substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Onion2 options
  • Leek, white and light-green part 1:1 by volume

    Still an allium; raw dishes.

  • Fennel bulb, finely diced 1:1 by volume

    Sweet aniseed note; raw dishes.

Spring onions2 options
  • Chives 1:1 by volume, add at end

    Not cooked well.

  • Leek, thin use 1/2 as much (stronger)
Cottage cheese1 option
  • Homemade vegan cottage cheese: crumbled firm tofu mixed with plant yogurt, lemon juice and salt 1:1 by weight

    No real curds when baked; use the plant yogurt unsweetened.

    Still contains soy.

Egg whites1 option
  • Aquafaba (liquid from canned chickpeas) 2 Tbsp per egg white

    Whips slower than egg whites; does not cook like eggs, so not for cakes or scrambles; reduce thin liquid until as thick as egg white.

Eggs1 option
  • Flax egg or aquafaba (baking only) per egg (flax: 1 tbsp + 3 tbsp water; aquafaba 3 tbsp)

    Not in shakshuka, omelette, Caesar.

Mozzarella1 option
  • Dairy-free mozzarella-style shreds 1:1 by weight

    Caprese/fresh; stretch and browning differ.

    Still contains soy and tree nuts.

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