Cottage Cheese to Custardy in 25 Minutes

22g protein, 3g net carbs per serving, and an egg muffin that eats like a small savory souffle.

May 17, 2026

∙ Paid

Picture six small muffins coming out of the oven, melted cheddar bubbling on top, flecks of broccoli and crisped pancetta visible through the surface. Six muffins. 25 minutes.

These are cottage cheese egg muffins, today’s recipe. High protein, low carb breakfast with 22 grams of protein and 3 net carbs in a three-muffin serving.

Quick note before we go further. This is the last Sunday post. From this Wednesday on, the publishing rhythm shifts to Wednesdays and Fridays. Same two posts a week, different two days.

On Wednesday, I’ll be sharing something new here. Not a recipe and not an ebook. Smaller and more practical. Built for the mornings when you have the right ingredients in the kitchen but no clear answer about what to do with them. More on Wednesday.

What I like most is the first bite. The puffy top gives way to a soft custardy middle, the cheddar pulls when you split one open, the pancetta gives a salt-and-fat crunch in every bite. You stop eating these like egg muffins and start eating them like small savory souffles.

There’s a specific step that makes the texture work. It’s not the temperature and it’s not the bake time. The step is in the paid section.

There's a batch in my fridge right now. I bake them Sunday or Monday when the oven is already on for something else, and the kitchen smells like crisped pancetta and bubbling cheese for an hour. By the time they're cool, the fridge is set for the week.

Three muffins, and I'm not thinking about food again until lunch. The cottage cheese and eggs are what fill you. The cheddar and the pancetta are what you'll remember.

These high protein low carb egg muffins are great not only for breakfast at home, but also as a packed lunch for the office, or a quick dinner with a green salad or cottage cheese bread.

These egg muffins are in my ebook FUEL. FUEL has 49 more cottage cheese breakfasts beyond this one.

A pizza bowl ready in four minutes, 21 grams of protein. Mug bread with everything bagel whipped spread on top, 25 grams of protein. A chocolate parfait that eats like dessert, 22 grams of protein and 8 net carbs.

Zero protein powder in any recipe. Instant PDF download. I hope it earns a spot near your toaster.

The rest of the recipe

The step that turns cottage cheese curds into a custardy bake, without the wet pockets running through them.

Plus the swaps I rotate through (other proteins, vegetables, dairy-free, Mediterranean), how I serve them for breakfast, office lunch, and dinner, the fixes when they sink or weep liquid, the rescues when the flavor goes flat or the second day gets samey, and how they keep across the week.

New here? The cottage cheese English muffin post is free to read in full - it’s a good example of what a paid post looks like.