This protein-packed Cottage Cheese Egg Bake with spinach and chicken sausage is filling and delicious. Enjoy for breakfast, lunch, or dinner with a salad and some crusty bread.
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 1 link Italian chicken sausage, casings removed
- 8 large eggs
- 1/2 cup 1% cottage cheese, I love Good Culture
- 1/2 cup grated Pecorino Romano or Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup chopped baby spinach
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Move oven rack to the second highest from the top.
- Lightly spray a 10-inch oven safe skillet with cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, whisk eggs, cottage cheese, Pecorino, spinach, salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Add sausage to a skillet, breaking it up in small pieces with a wooden spoon over medium heat and cook, until browned and cooked through, about 4 minutes.
- Add the egg mixture to skillet and cook 1 minute to let the bottom set.
- cottage cheese and eggs with spinach
- Bake in the oven until the top is set, about 16 to 18 minutes.
- With a spatula, carefully slide frittata out of the skillet onto a cutting board and cut into 4 wedges.
- Serve with salad and whole grain bread, if desired.
