Curd is quite easy to make, but it seems to take forever. This is one ingredient I adore adding to my homemade yogurt. When I eliminated the egg (oh the horror! ), I discovered that the curd continued to thicken as the liquid drained. When blending the strawberries, feel free to add one egg yolk if you want to follow tradition and include the egg.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 muffins |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cups fresh spinach, or to taste
- 12 egg whites
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon shredded Mexican cheese blend
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray muffin cups with cooking spray.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir spinach until wilted. Remove from heat and cool spinach. Squeeze spinach to remove excess moisture.
- Whisk egg whites and egg yolks together in a large bowl; add Parmesan cheese, Mexican cheese blend, garlic powder, sea salt, and spinach and mix well. Pour egg mixture into the muffin cups almost to the top. Place the muffin tin on a rimmed baking sheet and pour water halfway up the sides of the muffin tin to create a water bath.
- Bake in the preheated oven until muffins are set in the middle, 20 to 25 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 108 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 72 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 9 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 228 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This was easy and oh so good. Added green chilies for my spice taste.
Very easy to make – tasted great!
Easy recipe, I added kale and broccoli!
YUMMY
Excellent! I didn’t have hot sauce, so I added 2 small pinches of red pepper flakes. Next time I might reduce the salt just a tiny bit.
Used kale from my garden outstanding!
Excellent
Cooked spinach is hard to handle for us, even though we enjoy raw spinach. We added black olives to try and mask the taste but maybe a more tangy vegetable or olive would have worked better.
And bacon… I added bacon
I think this is a great recipe and you can do all kinds of variations. For instance, I go to Weight Watchers and I use spinach, cherry tomatoes cut in half, and the egg whites. These are so tasty and they have no points. You can add red bell pepper, and next time I intend to saute some of the red pepper and onions to the cups. Put in whatever you would like: bacon bits, turkey sausage, artichokes – there is no end to the good things you can add to this recipe.
I made this but substituted mushrooms, peppers, and green onion for the spinach. Very good.
I added some chopped up red bell pepper for sweetness..came out great! I also used a small carton of egg whites rather than separating 12 egg yolks. Will be great for an on-the-go snack!
Wouldn’t go thru the trouble of separating 12 egg yokes again, but the recipe did give me an idea. These were dry and could have used a few more of the yokes or mayo to moisten them up.
Made as written and these were good. I don’t think the parm was necessary but that is just my opinion.