Baked Apple Cinnamon Cottage Cheese Breakfast Bowls
✅ Why This Works
- High protein from cottage cheese + eggs
- Controlled apple portion
- No refined sugar
- Fiber + fat help slow glucose absorption
🛒 Ingredients (Serves 4)
- 2 cups cottage cheese (2% or full-fat)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 medium apple, finely diced (leave peel on for fiber)
- ½ cup unsweetened almond flour
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed (optional but recommended)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1–2 tbsp monk fruit sweetener (optional)
- Pinch salt
Optional topping (after baking):
- Chopped walnuts or pecans
- Unsweetened Greek yogurt
- Extra cinnamon
🥣 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Lightly grease 4 small ramekins or one small baking dish.
- Blend cottage cheese until mostly smooth (optional for creamier texture).
- In a bowl, mix cottage cheese, eggs, vanilla, and sweetener.
- Stir in almond flour, flaxseed, cinnamon, salt, and diced apple.
- Divide into ramekins.
- Bake 25–30 minutes until set and lightly golden on top.
- Cool slightly before serving.
📊 Estimated Nutrition (Per Serving)
- Calories: ~220
- Protein: 18–22g
- Carbs: 12–15g
- Fiber: 3–4g
- Net carbs: ~9–11g
- Added sugar: 0g
💡 Blood Sugar Tips
- Keep apple to ¼ per serving (as written).
- Add a few nuts on top for extra fat to blunt glucose rise.
- If very carb-sensitive, reduce apple by half and add zucchini for volume.
🥣 Meal Prep Friendly
- Store in fridge up to 4 days.
- Reheat 30–60 seconds in microwave.
- Can be frozen and reheated.
