Ingredients 

• 1 lb spicy Italian sausage

• 4 eggs

• ¼ C milk

• 1 C cottage cheese

• 1 T olive oil

• 1 T maple syrup

• 1 ½ C flour

• 2 t baking powder

• ½ t salt

• small bunch green onions greens and whites sliced finely

• 2 C cheddar cheese shredded

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Cook sausage in a medium skillet over medium-high heat until browned and no longer pink in color. Set aside and allow the cooked sausage meat to cool.
3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, cottage cheese, olive oil and maple syrup.
4. In the same bowl, sift purpose flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well.
5. Add your cooked sausage to the bowl and mix.
6. Use the left over oil from the sausage pan and brush the muffin cavities for added flavor.
7. Divide batter evenly between 12 muffin cavities, about heaping ¼ C of batter per muffin.
8. Bake for 23 minutes.