Creamy Cottage Cheese Pasta (High Protein, 20 Minutes)
A silky, high-protein pasta sauce made by blending cottage cheese with parmesan and garlic. No cream, ready in the time the pasta cooks.
Published
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Total
- 20 min
- Servings
- 4
Blended cottage cheese makes a sauce that tastes like an Alfredo but has three times the protein and a fraction of the fat. It’s a great way to turn high protein pasta into a weeknight habit.
Ingredients
- 400 g (14 oz) pasta
- 300 g (1¼ cups) cottage cheese
- 50 g (½ cup) grated parmesan
- 2 garlic cloves
- 100 g baby spinach
- Zest of ½ lemon
- Salt, black pepper and chili flakes
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in salted water. Save a cup of pasta water before draining.
- Meanwhile, blend the cottage cheese, parmesan, garlic and lemon zest until smooth.
- Drain the pasta and return it to the warm pot off the heat. Stir in the spinach until it wilts.
- Add the sauce and a splash of pasta water and toss until creamy. Season with pepper and chili.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal
- 490
- Protein
- 26 g
- Carbs
- 75 g
- Fat
- 9 g
Tips
- Keep the pot off the heat when adding the sauce, or the cottage cheese can turn grainy.
- Add chicken, shrimp or peas for even more protein.
