Mini Spinach And Cottage Cheese Pies

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 1 lb spinach, washed, thorough dried and slice thinly
• 1 lb fat-free cottage cheese
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled (optional)
• salt and pepper, to taste
• tortilla (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 heat oil in heavy pot over medium high heat.
• 3 saute onion and garlic until onion is starting to turn yellow, not quite brown.
• 4 add spinach in batches and saute until wilted.
• 5 in bowl, beat cottage cheese, eggs, oregano, salt and pepper if using, together.
• 6 add spinach mixture and mix thoroughly.
• 7 spoon batter into muffin tin, fill 3/4 full - i use paper cupcake liners. this makes about 16 to 18 muffins. i just use my dozen cupcake pan, and then put the leftover mix into small ramekin cups.
• 8 variation: grease the muffin tin, then cut flour tortillas (use a flattened out cupcake liner as a template) into rounds, carefully push the tortillas into greased muffin cups, fold over excess tortilla from the side. fill 3/4 full with mixture.
• 9 top each muffin with heaping teaspoon of crumbled feta.
• 10 bake until top starts to brown, about 30 minutes (without tortilla) or increase time to about 35 to 40 minutes with tortilla.