Cottage Cheese Blueberry Lemon Muffins

Name: Cottage Cheese Blueberry Lemon Muffins
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: • 2 large eggs; 170g low-fat cottage cheese (blended smooth); • 1 medium apple, peeled, cored, and finely grated or blended (~180g); • 1 tsp vanilla extract; • Zest of 1 lemon; • Juice of 1 lemon (approx. 2 Tbsp); 250g cups rolled oats (quick or old-fashioned), ground to flour or lightly blended; • 30g Happy Way vanilla protein powder (≈ 1 heaped scoop); • 2 tsp baking powder; • ½ tsp salt; 150g fresh or frozen blueberries (tossed in a bit of oat flour to prevent sinking)

9 steps

✅ Makes: 12 muffins ⏱ Prep Time: 15 minutes | Bake Time: 18–22 minutes 75kcal, , 1g fat, 10g carbs, 4g protein

Updated at: Wed, 09 Jul 2025 02:52:12 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories73.8 kcal (4%)

Total Fat1.6 g (2%)

Carbs11.1 g (4%)

Sugars2.2 g (2%)

Protein3.9 g (8%)

Sodium147 mg (7%)

Fiber1.7 g (6%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

21 servings

2eggs

large

170glow-fat cottage cheese

blended smooth

180gapple

medium, peeled, cored, and finely grated or blended

1 tspvanilla extract

1Zest of lemon

1lemon

Juice of

250grolled oats

quick or old-fashioned, ground to flour or lightly blended

30gvanilla protein powder

2 tspbaking powder

½ tspsalt

150gfresh blueberries

or frozen, tossed in a bit of oat flour to prevent sinking

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 200°C (400°F). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or lightly grease it.

Step 2

Grind the rolled oats in a blender or food processor into a coarse oat flour. Set aside.

Step 3

In a mixing bowl, combine: eggs, cottage cheese, Grated or blended apple, Vanilla extract, Lemon zest and juice. Mix until smooth.

Step 4

In a separate bowl, whisk together, Oat flour, Happy Way protein powder, Baking powder, Salt

Step 5

Add the dry mixture to the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined—do not overmix.

Step 6

Gently fold in the blueberries.

Step 7

Spoon the batter evenly into the muffin tin (about ¾ full per cup).

Step 8

Bake for 5 minutes at 200°C (for a nice dome), then reduce temperature to 175°C (350°F) and bake for another 13–17 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Step 9

Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.