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Creamy Cottage Cheese Eggs & Avocado Toast

Creamy Cottage Cheese Eggs & Avocado Toast

👨‍🍳 Chefy Tip: Remove the eggs from heat while they still look wet — residual pan heat finishes them without pushing into dry.

Serves
2
Prep
8 min
Cook
7 min
Difficulty
Easy
Cost
Low
Calories
410
Carbs
24g
Protein
27g
Fat
24g

Flavor Profile

🥚 Soft and creamy from slow scrambled eggs
🧀 Tangy richness from cottage cheese
🥑 Buttery freshness from avocado
🍞 Crunchy contrast from toasted sourdough
🌿 Bright finish from chives and chili flakes

Ingredients

🥚 4 large eggs
🧀 1/2 cup cottage cheese
🥑 1 avocado, sliced
🍞 2 slices sourdough bread
🧈 1 tbsp butter
🌿 2 tbsp fresh chives, chopped
🍋 Lemon wedges for serving
🌶️ Pinch of chili flakes
🧂 Kosher salt to taste
🌶️ Freshly cracked black pepper

Instructions

01

Toast the sourdough until deeply golden and crisp.

02

Whisk eggs and cottage cheese together in a bowl until loosely combined.

03

Melt butter in a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Add the eggs and cook slowly, stirring gently with a spatula until soft creamy curds form.

04

Remove from heat while the eggs still look slightly glossy — they will continue cooking from the residual heat.

05

Pile scrambled eggs onto toast and top with sliced avocado, chives, black pepper, chili flakes, and a squeeze of fresh lemon.

🧬 Food Science

Soft scrambled eggs and toast are classic comfort foods because they combine warmth, richness, and gentle textures in a smaller meal. Cottage cheese adds extra protein while melting almost completely into the eggs.

Pair It

🥂 Iced coffee or hot green tea
🍽️ Fresh berries or sliced melon