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Ah, cottage cheese. The chief reason why I am not a vegan. There simply is no replacement for this protein-rich, creamy staple of my diet. While I love it for its sweet applications, it also happens to make a pretty bad-ass savory sauce. Hence, the recipe below.
Creamy Spinach Pasta with Tomatoes
adapted from a recipe by Clean Eating Magazine
Serves 1
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese (1% milk fat preferred)
- 1 small clove garlic
- 1-1/2 cups fresh spinach (rinsed and dried)
- 1 T. fresh basil
- 1 T. fresh oregano
- 2 T. water for thinning
- 1.5 oz (dry) whole wheat pasta
- 1 small plum tomato, chopped
Method
1. Boil water for pasta and prepare according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
2. Place all ingredients except pasta and tomato in a food processor or blender. Process until smooth.
3. In a large bowl, toss pasta with sauce until all noodles are well coated. Top with tomato and serve.
Note: I did not include additional salt in the recipe due to the high sodium counts typically found in cottage cheese, If you happen to use a low-sodium or no-salt-added variety of cottage cheese (such as Friendship brand) additional salt may be necessary.
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Caroline Yoder, dietitian-to-be and all-around foodie.
I love spinach/cottage cheese combo. With pasta, on pizza, in a fritatta…always amazing
What brand of cottage cheese do you buy? I love breakstone’s 2%!
I used to make pasta very similar to this! The uses for cottage cheese are limited only by one’s imagination if you ask me. I <3 that stuff!!!
Now…i’m not usually a cottage cheese fan, however this looks and sounds absolutely delicious xx
what a simple, tasty recipe! starred it.
I’m not a big fan of cottage cheese but that sounds like something I could handle!
Great recipe – thanks for posting!
Shut up! I never would have thought to make a sauce out of cream cheese?! I think food will never cease to amaze me lol
I just happened to have all these lovely food staples on hand last night and whipped it up. Delicious, quick, and simple…just my kind of meal!
Note to self – buy some cottage cheese. Yum!
Thank you, very useful. I wasnt really a big fan of Spinach for many years ( lie, I hated the stuff), but after shacking up with a vegetarian I kind of had to put up with it, and have slowly come to love the stuff. Spinach curry is undoubtedly my absolute favourite! I recently found an entire spinach recipes website which is my new favourite site now, you should take a look!