Creamy Cottage Cheese Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1/4 cup cottage cheese
• Ground black pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh chives, or to taste (optional)

Directions

Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Pour beaten eggs into the skillet; let cook undisturbed until the bottom of the eggs begin to firm, 1 to 2 minutes.

Stir cottage cheese and chives into eggs and season with black pepper. Cook and stir until eggs are nearly set, 3 to 4 minutes more.