Keto Ricotta Muffins Sweet or Savory
These 'muffins' are a delicious game-changer for breakfast eggs, especially as a low carb staple.
Servings: 12
Calories: 118kcal
Ingredients
Basic Vanilla Ricotta Muffin:
- 2 cups full fat Ricotta Cheese
- 4 eggs
- ½ cup Splenda or to taste
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 tsp orange zest opt
Variations
Chocolate Ricotta Muffins:
- Omit orange zest.
- Add 1 more egg and 4 T cocoa to batter.
- Bake as directed.
Savory Italian-style
- Omit sweetener and vanilla and orange zest.
- Add to batter:
- 4 Slices bacon cooked and crumbled
- 1 T Chopped sundried tomato in olive oil
- 4 medium mushrooms chopped
- 1 T fresh basil chopped
- ¼ tsp. onion salt
- ¼ tsp chopped garlic opt
- ¼ cup shredded parmesan
- ½ tsp Italian seasoning
- Bake as directed.
Country Maple Sausage
- Omit sweetener and vanilla and orange zest.
- Add to batter:
- 3 lite sausage patties Tyson’s, cooked and crumbled
- ¼ tsp. maple flavoring
- 3 T granulated Splenda
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- Bake as directed.
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Spray muffin pan with vegetable spray or lightly spritz paper liners, if using.
- Stir together ingredients in medium mixing bowl, until combined.
- Evenly divide batter into wells in muffin tin.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes.
- Serve warm or cold. Keep leftovers in refrigerator in a tightly sealed container.
- Makes 12.
Notes
The Basic vanilla version of this muffin is 3.2 carbs, total. This recipe has too many variations to give a meaningful carb count for all of them. It's easy to imagine the unending variations that could be made.