Cottage Cheese Tomato Sauce
Grab your favorite tomato sauce for spaghetti, add cottage cheese, and transform it into a deliciously creamy red sauce real quick!
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Ingredients
- 12 ounces of spaghetti
- 24 ounce jar of marinara sauce
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- Parmesan cheese, for serving
Instructions
Prep:
- Bring a pot of water to boil and cook the spaghetti according to package directions. When the pasta is ready, reserve ½ cup of pasta water, drain the water out, and add it back into the pot.
- Blend the cottage cheese in your blender until it's smooth.
Combine:
- Once the pasta is cooked, pour the jarred pasta sauce and the smooth cottage cheese over the top. Use kitchen tongs and toss to mix. The sauce will be thick. If it's too thick to your liking, slowly the reserved pasta water to thin it out.
Serve:
- Divide the pasta into bowls and serve with parmesan cheese over the top.
Notes
- Elevate your jarred pasta sauce by sautéing a chopped onion and 2 garlic cloves in a skillet for 2-3 minutes, until the onions are translucent. Then, add the jarred pasta sauce and cottage cheese and combine into a sauce. Add the spaghetti and toss to combine. Add the pasta water to achieve the consistency you like.
- This pasta dish is also perfect tossed with chicken pieces you've cooked in a pan.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 bowl | Calories: 397kcal | Carbohydrates: 74g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 1041mg | Potassium: 743mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 760IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 3mg
