High Protein Cottage Cheese Omelette Recipe
a simple loaded high protein cheese cottage omelette perfect for weight loss or calorie counting diets, Low calorie and high protein breakfast or a light dinner.
Ingredients
- 2 large Eggs whole
- ¾ cup tightly packed spinach leaves
- 3 tablespoon low-fat cottage cheese
- 1 tablespoon low-fat milk optional
- Salt and pepper
- Cooking Spray butter flavoured.
Instructions
- Crack open the eggs into a bowl, add salt and pepper, low-fat milk and beat well.
- Heat a frying pan and add spinach covering with a lid, wilt the leaves for a couple of minutes. Take them out and keep aside.
- Coat the pan with cooking spray and pour in the beaten eggs, spread evenly all over the pan. Cook it for 2 minutes with a lid covering the pan.
- Add wilted spinach to one half of of the omelette and allow it to cook for a minute until the edges turn crispy and the middle part is soft and well cooked.
- Serve the omelette on to a plate, add in cottage cheese on the other half o the omelette and fold on to the spinach side.
- Serve with a cup of sauteed mushrooms.
Notes
Pulse the cottage cheese into smooth if you prefer but not needed usually.
You can also add finely chopped mushrooms while wilting spinach leaves.
Low-fat cream cheese can also be used in place of cottage cheese.
Drain the excess water from the cottage cheese before spreading on the omelette.
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