Whole Wheat Biscuits and Cottage Cheese Scrambled Eggs

The biscuits are good, especially if you like English muffins. Being whole wheat they have that English muffin smell, taste and texture. The scrambled eggs have got to be the best I've ever made. I swear this will be the only way I fix scrambled eggs from now on. I thank The Kitchen Stewardship for the recipe. I didn't change hardly anything in mine so all the credit goes to her.

Cottage Cheese Scrambled Eggs

5 servings, 181 calories, 103 calories from fat

12g Fat, 429mg Cholesterol, 722mg Sodium,

3g Carbohydrate, 2g Sugars, 17g Protein

• Cottage Cheese; 1 tablespoon for every 2 eggs
• Eggs; 2 for every person (it was just the kids and I so I used 10)
• 2% milk; 1/4 cup
• Salt; 1 tsp (or to taste)
• Pepper; 2 tsp (to taste)
• Oil or butter for pan

1. Take eggs and beat in bowl.
2. Add good splash of milk (I used about 1/4 cup) beat until foamy.
3. Add about 1 tablespoon of cottage cheese per every 2 eggs.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste.
5. Cook in a non-stick skillet (or any skillet with about a tablespoon of oil or butter) on med heat stirring occasionally until eggs start to clump together.
6. Reduce heat to med-low and cook till until egg mixture is completely set(about another 3-5 minutes).

sorry this picture isn't better, still haven't found my camera's charger.

So I'm using my phone's camera.

Whole Wheat Biscuits

serving amount depends on how you shape the biscuits. I made about 40 small/medium sized biscuits.

approx nutrition data: 149 calories, 51 from fat; 6g Fat; 25mg Cholesterol; 165mg Sodium; 21g Carbohydrates, 3g dietary fiber, 3g sugars; 5g protein.

• 4 cups whole wheat flour
• 8 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/3 milk
• 2 tablespoons honey

1. In large bowl mix together flour, baking powder, and cream of tartar.
2. Cut in butter until there are no pieces bigger then a pea.
3. Add in yogurt(can cut this in like the butter).
4. In another bowl beat together milk and eggs.
5. Add milk and eggs to flour mixture, add honey.
6. Combine just until everything is moist.
7. Knead about 5 times and put on floured surface.
8. Roll or pat out to about 1/2 inch thickness.
9. Then using a cup or biscuit cutter cut out biscuits(can also just use a pizza cutter and cut into squares).
10. Put some on a baking sheet to bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
11. The rest you can freeze in single layers then put into a gallon baggie for later. To bake the frozen biscuits, put in 425 degree oven for about 15 minutes.

Banana Biscuits

Banana Biscuits serves 6
2 cups whole wheat flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp ground flaxseed
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 cup milk
1 med. banana
1 lg egg(slightly beaten)

1. Mix flour, baking powder, salt, flaxseed in large bowl
2. Cut in butter until dough is crumbly( I try for no larger then pea-size crumbles, however I'm not too picky)
3. Add egg and banana and milk ( a little less milk or little more flour may be needed depending on how dry or wet your dough is).
4. Mix well and kneed about 8 times.  Roll or pat out dough; shape biscuits however you like.  Today I just cut mine into squares with a pizza cutter.  Usually I take a biscuit cutter and make round biscuits.
5. Bake at 400 degrees about 10-15 minutes or until golden.

This is a very adaptable recipe.  You could use non-dairy milk; I used 2% today.  You could replace coconut oil instead of butter.  If you want a sweeter biscuit you could add a tablespoon of agave nectar or honey to it.  My kids put some jelly/honey on theirs.  Mine I ate plain because I'm attempting a no sugar challenge (and failing miserably...will tell more in next post).  These were good, but a little plain tasting.  I'm thinking next time I'll add two bananas or some other fruit to give it more flavor.  They would make a good side to a more flavorful dish.

Nutrition Data:

Calories 165

calories from fat 79

Total fat 9g

saturated fat 3g

trans fat 0g

Cholesterol 27  mg

Sodium 237 mg

Total Carb 19g

dietary Fiber 3g

sugars 2g

Protein 4g