Cottage Cheese Baked Alfredo Pasta
This easy Italian pasta dish is ready in about 35 minutes and makes 4 servings. It is built around chickpea pasta, cottage cheese and Parmesan cheese. The cooking is mostly baking and blending. It is high-protein and vegetarian. With 41 g of protein per serving (about 510 calories), it is a filling option.
- Total time
- 35 min
- Servings
- 4
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Calories
- 510 kcal
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Ingredients
For 4 servings
- 400 gchickpea pasta
- 500 gcottage cheese
- 80 gParmesan cheese
- 4 clovesgarlic
- 120 mlmilk
- 120 gbaby spinach
- 1 tsplemon zest
- 1 pinchnutmeg
- 1 tspblack pepper
- 1 tspsalt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C (400F). Cook the chickpea pasta in salted water for 2 minutes less than package directions, then drain.
- Mince the garlic. Blend the cottage cheese, milk, garlic, half the parmesan cheese, nutmeg, black pepper and salt until completely smooth.
- Toss the drained pasta with the cottage cheese sauce, baby spinach and lemon zest, then transfer to a baking dish.
- Top with the remaining parmesan cheese and bake for 18-20 minutes until bubbling and golden on top.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 510 kcal
- Protein
- 41 g
- Fat
- 15 g
- Carbs
- 52 g
Approximate values for one serving.
About this recipe
- Cuisine: Italian, American
- Dish type: Pasta
- Diet: high-protein, vegetarian
- In cookbook: High-Protein Power Meals
