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Creamy Cottage Cheese Pasta: The High-Protein Trend

By the Healthy Plate team

Cottage Cheese Pasta

One of this year's biggest trends: the comfort food we love, rebuilt with more protein. Creamy pasta leads the pack, and the secret is blending cottage cheese instead of cream.

You get a silky, creamy sauce with far less fat and roughly three times the protein.

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Why cottage cheese?

  • Half a cup has about 14 g protein
  • Much less fat than cream
  • Blends into the same creamy texture

Cottage Cheese Pasta

5 minPrep
12 minCook
2Servings
480kcal

Ingredients

  • 180 g wholewheat or lentil pasta
  • 1 cup cottage cheese
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 cup spinach
  • 1 tbsp grated parmesan
  • Black pepper, salt, pinch of nutmeg

Method

  1. Boil the pasta and keep 1/2 cup of the water.
  2. Blend cottage cheese, garlic and parmesan until smooth.
  3. Toss the hot pasta with the sauce, spinach and a splash of pasta water over low heat for a minute.
  4. Serve with black pepper.
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Tip

Warm the sauce, don't boil it, or the cottage cheese can split.

⚠️ For general education only. If you have a health condition or allergy, consult your doctor.