Healthy Sausage Breakfast Muffins
Description: HEALTHY SAUSAGE BREAKFAST MUFFINS. Flavouring your chicken mince with your favourite sausage is a great hack to make these super high protein alternative that you can tuck into every day. Using the BEST @allthingsdairy__ cottage cheese instead of cream cheese to add extra protein and flavour (it’s still so perfectly creamy). These hold up brilliantly for 4 days or you can freeze!
Ingredients
- 4 English muffins
- 250g 5% chicken mince
- 1 small courgette, grated and squeezed very dry
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp dried sage
- 1 tsp garlic granules
- Lots of black pepper
- Salt to season
- 4 tbsp all things cottage cheese
- 2 spring onions, finely chopped
- Large handful of spinach, finely chopped
- Black pepper
- Pinch of salt if needed
- 4 slices cheese of choice (I like smoked cheddar)
Instructions
- Mix the chicken mince, grated courgette, egg, dried sage, garlic granules and lots of black pepper in a bowl. Season with salt. The mixture will be wet.
- Line a baking tray with parchment (or prep your air fryer basket). Use two spoons to shape into 4 patties roughly the size of your muffins.
- Bake at 220°C (200°C fan) for 12 minutes, flip, then bake 3–5 minutes more until browned on both sides and cooked through. Alternatively, air fry at 200°C for 10–12 minutes, flipping halfway, until golden and cooked through.
- Mix the cottage cheese with the spring onions and chopped spinach. Add black pepper (and a pinch of salt if needed).
- Cut the muffins in half. Spread the cottage cheese mix over the bottom halves. Add a chicken patty, top with a slice of cheese, then close with the muffin top and press down gently.
- Wrap each muffin tightly and store in the fridge.