Healthy Recipes

Cottage Cheese Alfredo

Name: Cottage Cheese Alfredo
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup milk of choice (see Notes); ½ cup cottage cheese (see Notes); 1 tablespoon cornstarch; ¼ teaspoon salt (more or less to taste); ⅛ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper (more or less to taste); ¼ teaspoon garlic powder (plus more to taste); ½ cup grated fresh parmesan (or fresh romano); dried basil (to taste); dried oregano (to taste); prepared pasta (any type, any amount); prepared meat of choice; prepared vegetables of choice; chopped fresh parsley

4 servings

servings

10 minutes

active time

25 minutes

total time

Start Cooking

Ingredients

1 cup milk of choice (see Notes)

½ cup cottage cheese (see Notes)

1 tablespoon cornstarch

¼ teaspoon salt (more or less to taste)

⅛ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper (more or less to taste)

¼ teaspoon garlic powder (plus more to taste)

½ cup grated fresh parmesan (or fresh romano)

dried basil (to taste)

dried oregano (to taste)

prepared pasta (any type, any amount)

prepared meat of choice

prepared vegetables of choice

chopped fresh parsley

Directions

For the Cottage Cheese Alfredo Sauce

Add 1 cup milk of choice, ½ cup cottage cheese, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, ¼ teaspoon salt, ⅛ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper, ¼ teaspoon garlic powder, and ½ cup grated fresh parmesan to blender. Blend ingredients together until mixture is completely smooth, pausing to scrape down sides of blender as needed.

When mixture is smooth, transfer mixture to small saucepan. Stir in desired amounts of dried basil and dried oregano, then place saucepan on stovetop over medium-low heat. Simmer mixture, stirring frequently, until sauce is heated through completely.

Once sauce is heated through, taste sauce and add additional salt, pepper, basil, and/or oregano as desired.

Reduce heat under saucepan to low. Simmer sauce approximately 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture has thickened slightly.

To Serve

Add desired amount of prepared pasta to sauce and use tongs to toss pasta, ensuring pasta is coated in sauce. Let pasta simmer in sauce approximately 2 to 3 minutes, then transfer pasta to serving plates or bowls.

Top pasta with prepared meat of choice or prepared vegetables of choice as desired. Spoon any remaining alfredo sauce from saucepan over pasta, then garnish with chopped fresh parsley and serve immediately.

Nutrition

Serving Size

Calories

120 kcal

Total Fat

6 g

Saturated Fat

4 g

Unsaturated Fat

3 g

Trans Fat

Cholesterol

20 mg

Sodium

452 mg

Total Carbohydrate

6 g

Dietary Fiber

0.1 g

Total Sugars

4 g

Protein

9 g