Savory Cottage Cheese Herb Muffins
These moist muffins round out a meal of soup and salad. With almost 7 grams of protein in each muffin, they're awesome for snacking as well.
Servings: 12 muffins.
Calories: 174kcal
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups white spelt flour (8 ounces or 225 grams) (see note)
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoons fine sea salt
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ¾ cup whole milk cottage cheese or or lowfat cottage cheese , about 6 ounces
- ¾ cup plain whole milk yogurt (see note)
- ½ cup finely chopped fresh herbs (see note)
- ½ cup chopped green onions, both green and white parts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat 12 muffin cups with melted butter or spray generously with cooking spray.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together into a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, olive oil, cottage cheese and yogurt. Stir in the chopped herbs and onions. Pour the wet mixture over the dry and gently blend together.
- Divide the batter evenly between each muffin cup. Decorate each muffin top with a dill frond, if desired.
- Bake about 20 minutes or until the tops of the muffins are barely golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for about 5 minutes, then remove from the pan. Serve warm.
Notes
- ** You can also use organic unbleached white flour instead of the spelt flour.
- Use whole milk plain yogurt, ideally a brand with a trim list of ingredients—just milk and probiotic cultures. Whole milk yogurt tastes and feels 1000 times creamier than not-fat yogurt--your muffins will be all the better.
- You absolutely need herbaceous fresh herbs for these muffins. Dried herbs just won't do it here.
- For the chopped dill, strip the feathery leaves and discard the stems, then chop.
Nutrition
Calories: 174kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 458mg | Potassium: 130mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 61IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 1mg