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🍫 Maple Cottage Cheese Muffins – Moist, Naturally Sweet, and Totally Crave-Worthy! 🍁🧁

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If you’re looking for a healthier muffin recipe that’s still soft, sweet, and loaded with chocolatey goodness… this is it.These Maple Cottage Cheese Muffins are the perfect blend of rich flavor and wholesome ingredients—great for breakfast, snacks, or even dessert.

The secret? Cottage cheese adds protein + moisture without the heaviness. Paired with pure maple syrup, vanilla, and a hint of coconut oil, these muffins are naturally sweet and perfectly fluffy.

📝 Ingredients You’ll Need:

🍽️ Directions:

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F and line a muffin tin with paper liners or spray with non-stick spray.
  2. In a blender, combine cottage cheese, maple syrup, vanilla, applesauce, coconut oil, and eggs. Blend until smooth.
  3. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  4. Pour the blended mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
  5. Fold in the chocolate chips.
  6. Divide batter evenly into muffin cups and bake for 25–30 minutes, until golden and a toothpick comes out clean.
  7. Let cool for a few minutes… then devour warm or store for a perfect grab-and-go snack!

💡 Tips & Variations:

  • Want a richer flavor? Add a dash of cinnamon or nutmeg.
  • Make them dairy-free with plant-based cottage cheese and chocolate chips.
  • Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days or freeze for later!

❤️ Why We Love These Muffins:

✔️ Naturally sweetened with maple syrup

✔️ Protein-packed thanks to cottage cheese

✔️ Kid-approved + freezer-friendly

✔️ Fluffy, moist, and full of chocolatey goodness!

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This recipe proves that better-for-you baking can still taste like a treat. 🧁✨

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Mashed Potatoes

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Ingredients:

  • 5 lbs of Idaho Potatoes
  • 1/2 lb of butter, cubbed
  • 1 cup of half and half (or cream)
  • 1 tsp of freshly cracked black pepper
  • 1 tbs of Onion powder
  • 1 tbs of Garlic powder
  • Fresh Rosemary (optional)
  • 1 heaping tbs of Chicken Bouillon

Wash potatoes under lukewarm water. Once clean, poke holes in potatoes utilizing a fork. Microwave on high for 10 minutes on each side, or until soft. Toss whole, unpeeled potatoes into large mixing bowl. Start mashing while adding in butter, and rosemary. Add in seasonings, bouillon, and half and half. Mash until achieve desired texture. Add additional half and half, if needed.

Christmas Hunch Punch

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Ingredients:

  • 1 quart of Apple juice
  • 1 quart of Cranberry juice
  • 1 quart of Pineapple juice
  • 2 cups of pomegranate juice
  • 1/2 cup of lime juice
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp cloves
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 cup of pomegranate aperils
  • 1 large orange, sliced

Combine all ingredients. Stir well. Flavors will be best if mixture is allowed to sit for 12-24 hours.

Add desired spirt, and quantity of choice.

Bacon Brussel Spouts

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Ingredients:

  • 12oz of fresh Brussel spouts, cleaned, and sliced (or quartered, if larger)
  • 1 lb of sliced bacon, cubed
  • 2 lemons, halved
  • 1/2 a bunch of fresh cilantro, chopped

Sauté bacon until slightly brown. Do not drain fat. Add in Brussel Sprouts. Continue, over medium heat, while stirring. Cook until bacon crisps, and sprouts soften. Remove from heat, add in cilantro, and squeeze in lemon juice.

Eggplant Parmigiana

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Ingredients:

  • 1 lb of eggplant, sliced thin
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1/4 of a cup of flour, seasoned with S&P.
  • 3/4 of a cup of unflavored breadcrumbs
  • 3/4 of a cup of grated parmesan or romano cheese
  • 1/4 of a cup of fresh garlic, minced
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • salt, and black pepper, to taste
  • 1 lb of mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • additional mozzarella for topping
  • Oil for frying (Olive oil preferred)
  • basic marinara sauce

Directions:

Combine breadcrumbs, cheese, parsley, garlic, salt, and pepper. First dip eggplant into flour, then egg, and then the breadcrumb mixture. Fry* in heated oil, until a light golden brown. While cooking the eggplant, line an oven save pan with marinara, then stack eggplant, mozzarella, and sauce, one layer at a time. Once complete, bake at 400º for approximately 25 minutes. Topp with additional cheese (grated, and or mozzarella), if desired. Serve hot with your favorite pasta dish.

*Can also bake at 400, instead of frying

Coconut Rice with Green Beans

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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of medium grain white rice
  • 2 cups of Coconut Milk
  • 1/2 cup of chicken stock
  • 16 oz of cut green beans
  • 2 teaspoons of onion powder
  • Salt, and Pepper

In a medium sauce pan, warm milk, and stock. Add rice, and par cooked green beans (if frozen). Season with salt, and pepper. Stirring only once, simmer on low, covered for 10 minutes, or until the liquid has cooked off. Serve hot.

Ginger Rice

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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup of medium grain white rice
  • 2 cups of chicken stock
  • 1 tablespoon of fresh ginger, chopped (sub 1 teaspoon of dry ginger)
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon of parsley
  • Oil, or butter for frying
  • Salt, and Pepper

In a medium sauce pan, sauté onion until caramelized, add rice, ginger, and parsley. Season with salt, and pepper, then add stock. Simmer on low, covered for 10 minutes, or until the liquid has cooked off. Serve hot.

Latkes (Potato Pancakes)

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Ingredients:

  • 5 lbs of potatoes, grated
  • 3/4 of a cup of all purpose flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 small onion, grated
  • Oil for frying

Combine all ingredients. Set griddle to medium heat, or utilize a sauté pan. Use about 2 tablespoons of oil per pancake. Place dollop of batter in pan. Brown each side. Serve hot.

Traditionally these are served with apple sauce, or sour cream.

Lemon Vinaigrette

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  • 1/3 of a cup of red wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons of dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon of dried oregano
  • 1 clove of garlic, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper
  • 2/3 of a cup of extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice

Directions:

Whisk vinegar, mustard, oregano, garlic, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl (or blender). Slowly stream olive oil into the mixture, and then the lemon juice all while whisking.

Pairs well with an Arugula Salad.