I’ve all the time beloved cottage cheese, even earlier than it was stylish. I really like consuming it with fruit for a wholesome snack or utilizing it to make whipped cottage cheese to eat with veggies and crackers.

I additionally love utilizing it to make selfmade ranch dip and PASTA SAUCE! Sure, you should utilize cottage cheese to make pasta sauce. The cottage cheese is a secret ingredient and makes the colourful sauce SO good!

Cottage cheese pasta sauce is a creamy, lighter various to conventional creamy sauces. Skip the heavy cream and seize a bath of cottage cheese as an alternative.

To make the sauce, you mix the entire components collectively in a meals processor blender to create an opulent sauce. It’s really easy!

The sauce is filled with taste due to strong tomatoes, garlic, roasted crimson peppers, and herbs. The cottage cheese blends proper in and makes the sauce tremendous creamy. You received’t even understand it’s there!

Not solely is the cottage cheese a scrumptious addition to the sauce, but it surely additionally provides a lift of protein. This wholesome pasta sauce is a household favourite, even my youngsters find it irresistible!

The following time you might be craving pasta, make this cottage cheese pasta sauce. I assure it is going to be successful!

Components

• Olive oil
• Onion
• Garlic
• Tomato paste
• Diced tomatoes– canned with the juices.
• Roasted crimson peppers– from a jar! Drain effectively earlier than utilizing.
• Cottage cheese– I like to recommend utilizing 4% milkfat cottage cheese for a brilliant creamy sauce.
• Recent basil– for the sauce and for garnish!
• Italian seasoning
• Pasta– I exploit rigatoni, however use your favourite pasta.
• Garnish– Parmesan cheese, crushed crimson pepper flakes, and basil!

The way to Make Cottage Cheese Pasta Sauce

• Convey a big pot of salted water to a boil. Prepare dinner the pasta to al dente, in response to bundle directions. Drain pasta and put aside.
• In a big Dutch oven or pot, warmth the oil over medium excessive warmth. Add the onion and sauté for five minutes or till translucent.
• Add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Stir within the tomato paste and diced tomatoes.

• Switch the tomato combination to a blender or meals processor. Add the roasted crimson peppers, cottage cheese, basil, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.

• Mix till easy. Have a look at that shade! So beautiful!

• Pour the sauce again into the pot and switch the warmth to medium low.
• Add the cooked pasta and stir till effectively coated and warmed.
• Style and season with salt and pepper, if crucial.
• Garnish with parmesan cheese, crushed crimson pepper flakes, and basil. Serve heat.

Variations

• Add additional veggies! Spinach, sautéed mushrooms, zucchini, or roasted greens are nice choices.
• For additional protein, add sausage, hen, or shrimp.
• High with dietary yeast.
• You may serve with chickpea pasta, lentil pasta, or gluten-free pasta.
• As an alternative of pasta, serve the sauce over spaghetti squash, zoodles, or meatballs. You may as well use it to make hen parmesan, stuffed shells, baked ziti, or manicotti.

What to Serve on the Facet

Storing Suggestions

• Retailer leftover pasta sauce within the fridge in a jar or hermetic container for as much as 4 days. You may as well retailer cooled leftover pasta in a container within the fridge for as much as 4 days.
• You may freeze the sauce. Let the sauce cool fully and switch to a freezer container. Freeze for as much as 3 months. Defrost and reheat.

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This wealthy and creamy sauce is filled with protein due to the addition of cottage cheese! Serve the sauce over your favourite pasta, spaghetti squash, zoodles, or with meatballs. Youngsters and adults love this flavorful, high-protein sauce!

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• 1 lb rigatoni pasta, or pasta of your alternative
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 medium onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 15 oz can diced tomatoes
• 16 oz jar roasted crimson peppers, drained
• 3/4 cup cottage cheese*
• 2 tablespoons recent basil, plus additional for serving
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• Kosher salt and black pepper, to style
• For serving: Parmesan cheese, crushed crimson pepper flakes, basil leaves

• Convey a big pot of salted water to a boil. Prepare dinner the pasta to al dente, in response to bundle directions. Drain pasta and put aside.

• In a big Dutch oven or pot, warmth the oil over medium excessive warmth. Add the onion and sauté for five minutes or till transcalent. Add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Stir within the tomato paste and diced tomatoes.

• Switch the tomato combination to a blender or meals processor. Add the roasted crimson peppers, cottage cheese, basil, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Mix till easy.

• Pour the sauce again into the pot and switch the warmth to medium low. Add the cooked pasta and stir till effectively coated and warmed. Style and season with salt and pepper, if crucial.

• Garnish with parmesan cheese, crushed crimson pepper flakes, and basil. Serve heat.

I like to recommend utilizing 4% milkfat for the creamiest sauce!

Energy: 362kcal, Carbohydrates: 65g, Protein: 14g, Fats: 5g, Saturated Fats: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fats: 1g, Monounsaturated Fats: 2g, Ldl cholesterol: 4mg, Sodium: 1004mg, Potassium: 492mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 5g, Vitamin A: 592IU, Vitamin C: 44mg, Calcium: 101mg, Iron: 3mg

Key phrases cottage cheese, pasta

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