Easy Cottage Cheese Pasta Sauce
Creamy cottage cheese pasta sauce made with canned tomatoes. An easy, healthy, high protein recipe perfect for quick family dinners.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 72kcal
Ingredients
- 400 g Chopped tomatoes canned
- 250 g Fat free cottage cheese
- 4 tablespoon Tomato puree
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Put 400 g Chopped tomatoes and 250 g Fat free cottage cheese in a blender.
- Blend until smooth.
- Transfer the blended tomatoes and cottage cheese to a pan. Add 4 tablespoon Tomato puree and 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning.
- Heat gently, stirring continuously, for 4-5 minutes, until heated through.
Notes
- Blend the sauce until completely smooth so the cottage cheese disappears into the tomatoes.
- Use tomato purée to deepen the colour and give the sauce a richer tomato flavour. This is what helps make the sauce look more red and less pink.
- Heat the sauce gently rather than boiling it hard. Cottage cheese is dairy-based, so gentle heating helps keep the sauce smooth.
- Taste before serving. Tinned tomatoes can vary in acidity, so you may need a little more seasoning or a tiny pinch of sugar.
- Save some pasta water before draining the pasta. A splash of starchy pasta water helps the sauce cling to the pasta and gives it a silkier finish.
- Use full-fat cottage cheese for the creamiest result, especially if serving this to children or anyone who prefers a richer sauce.
Nutrition
Serving: 1portion | Calories: 72kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 380mg | Potassium: 361mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 226IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 108mg | Iron: 2mg
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