High Protein Vegetarian Breakfast Quesadilla

"This is what dreams are made of" - Hilary Duff. This is seriously what breakfast dreams are made of, with 25 grams of protein and all the good stuff your body wants when you wake up in the morning. You have healthy fats from the avocado and cottage cheese, protein from the cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, and eggs, carbs from the tortilla, and greens (fiber) from the avocado and spinach. Now, I will say that this recipe is roughly 5 grams of fiber, which isn't enough for a single meal, but here's the thing. You deserve to have this breakfast as is, because it's just too good.

So my recommendation is this:

1. you can add 1/2 cup of black beans in to add an extra 7 grams of fiber making it a fully balanced meal.

2. you can add some fruit on the side like berries to add an extra 7-10 grams of fiber making it a fully balanced meal.

My other recommendation is to add mushrooms to the recipe if you enjoy them. I had this recipe multiple times these past two weeks and I loved the savoriness of the mushrooms that I added in. It's up to you!

This is the perfect recipe to make before work/school because it takes less than 12 minutes to make. You can enjoy it and start your day off on the right foot. You can even opt for taking it with you on the go. You're going to love it.

Yields: 1

Portion: 1 quesadilla

Prep time: 5 minutes

Total time: 12 minutes

This recipe is vegetarian.

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Ingredients:

3 eggs

2-3 tbsp low fat cottage cheese (Good Culture is my favorite brand)

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Salt, black pepper

1 tortilla

1 tbsp shredded sharp cheddar (or more up to your discretion)

Handful of chopped spinach

½ avocado, chopped

(I added mushrooms one time to this recipe and it was delicious - feel free to add if you have them, you will need 3 white mushrooms, chopped thinly)

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Instructions:

1. Prep eggs: in a bowl crack in 3 eggs and add in cottage cheese. Whisk well. Have a large frying pan on stove, add olive oil, and once you can smell the olive oil, pour in the egg and cottage cheese mixture. Lower heat to medium. Allow eggs to thicken, use a rubber spatula if needed to poke corners of the eggs to allow eggs to cook evenly.

2. Tortilla: once the eggs look cooked (3-4 minutes), lay tortilla on top of eggs and gently flip the tortilla with the eggs so that the tortilla is now facing down on the frying pan. If this is hard, use a plate, place it on top of the frying pan (please be careful it is going to be hot so use an oven mit), and flip the eggs/tortilla onto the plate. Then you can place the tortilla onto the frying pan. You want the eggs facing up because you're creating a quesadilla.

3. Add the rest: lower heat to medium-low, evenly add shredded cheese to eggs, add chopped spinach, (add mushrooms if you decided to), add avocado. Check the bottom of the tortilla to see if it's crisping up. Once it does, flip half the quesadilla onto the other side to make a sandwich.

4. Serve: gently place quesadilla onto a plate and slice in half. Enjoy!

Extra step: if you decided to add mushrooms, sauté the mushrooms separately so that they cook before adding them in. In a small frying pan, add olive oil, once you can smell the olive oil, add chopped mushrooms in. Sauté until tender.

I hope you love this High Protein Vegetarian Breakfast Quesadilla recipe as much as I did, so if you do, please leave me a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! I always read through my suggestions and comments, so please let me know your thoughts. If you have any questions you can feel free to DM me here or through Instagram. Speaking of Instagram - please tag me in all of your creations! I love seeing how the recipes come out and seeing how talented you all are. Sending my love.

xoxo,

Jasmin D the RD