10 Cottage Cheese Pasta Sauce Recipes To Try
Blending your pasta sauces with cottage cheese is an easy way to add texture, volume, and nutrition to your meal. Here are 10 delicious cottage cheese pasta sauces that you can try in your next pasta, lasagna, or noodle dish!
With the sudden influx of cottage cheese recipes online, it really seems that there is nothing that cottage cheese can’t do.
You can make cottage cheese smoothies for a creative way to add protein to your smoothie.
You can whip up cottage cheese desserts for a high protein, sweet tooth satisfying recipe.
You can enjoy cottage cheese with fruit for a balanced snack.
Personally, one of the best ways that I seen this ingredient included is in pasta with cottage cheese sauce. Pasta is high in carbohydrates, so it is essential to add some protein to the dish to help keep you fuller for longer. While this can be meat in some cases, it can also be by mixing the noodles with a high protein pasta sauce.
Blending your pasta sauce with cottage cheese is an easy way to boost the nutrition, flavor, and texture of your pasta. If you have been looking for creative ways to make a cottage cheese pasta sauce, I have gathered up 10 different recipes that vary in flavor and ingredients but all give you a deliciously creamy high protein pasta sauce!
Why should you put cottage cheese in pasta sauce?
Making pasta with cottage cheese sauce has many advantages including:
Adding nutrition: cottage cheese is low in calorie, high in protein, and contains other important vitamins and minerals like calcium and phosphorous.
Neutral flavor: unlike the tanginess of greek yogurt, cottage cheese has very mild and neutral flavor that incorporates well into pasta sauces.
Vegetarian friendly: skip the meat and opt for a high protein, cottage cheese pasta sauce instead.
Adding volume: Blending pasta sauce with cottage cheese is a great way to add volume to your pasta sauce, helping your sauce stretch a bit further.
Enhancing texture: Cottage cheese is incredibly creamy and, when blended, results in a very smooth texture that will enhance the creaminess of your pasta sauce.
Cottage cheese and pasta sauce are really a match made in heaven!
Other cottage cheese recipes:
As I mentioned, cottage cheese is an incredibly versatile ingredient that can be used at breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and desserts. If you have been looking for creative ways to eat cottage cheese, I have a variety of cottage cheese recipes for you to try:
You can also check out some of these other cottage cheese blogs to get more ideas on ways to eat cottage cheese and learn about the differences between cottage cheese versus ricotta cheese!
10 Cottage Cheese Pasta Sauces To Try
If you want to make pasta with cottage cheese sauce, I have rounded up 10 unique recipes for you to try:
Cottage Cheese Alfredo by Mary’s Whole Life
With no heavy cream or butter needed, this high protein cottage cheese alfredo pasta sauce is easy to make and the perfect addition to any noodle dish.
Creamy tomato cottage cheese pasta sauce by feel good foodie
This creamy tomato cottage cheese pasta sauce is a high protein, meat free way to to enjoy your pasta. With just 6 ingredients and ready in under 20 minutes, you’ll be enjoying this dinner in no time!
Cottage cheese sauce with seasonings by Sava’s Kitchen
Keep your cottage cheese pasta sauce simple by just blending it with milk, seasonings, and your favorite pasta. This recipe is super simple but still high in protein and delicious flavors.
Cottage cheese green goddess dip by Spinach &
Bacon
This recipe is written as a dip but would be delicious for a high protein pasta salad dressing and sauce!
Cottage cheese pasta sauce by I heart vegetables
Loaded with garlic and high protein cottage cheese, these creamy pasta sauce is the perfect recipe for when you want to enjoy comfort food with lower calories.
Cottage cheese pesto by Carmy
With just a handful of ingredients, this recipe is easy to make and can be used as a high protein pesto pasta sauce with cottage cheese for your next pesto pasta!
Cottage cheese vodka sauce from Food Network
Replace the heavy cream with cottage cheese in this cottage cheese vodka sauce for a healthy twist on the classic pasta!
Lemony cottage cheese spaghetti by Sarchakra
Fill your pasta plate with this tasty lemony cottage cheese pasta sauce. The perfect combination of creamy cottage cheese and zesty lemons, this pasta sauce has balanced flavors that you’ll love.
Creamy roasted red pepper sauce by American Home Cook
You can use ricotta cheese or cottage cheese for this veggie loaded creamy roasted red pepper pasta sauce. Choose cottage cheese if you want to give your pasta sauce a protein boost!
Healthy green pasta sauce by Nourished by Nic
Loaded with veggies and cottage cheese protein, this green cottage cheese pasta sauce is a nutritious and delicious addition to your next pasta dinner.
The Takeaway
If you have been looking for ways to add protein to pasta, then cottage cheese pasta sauces could be worth trying.
Blending cottage cheese with your pasta sauce is a delicious way to add nutrition, volume, and a creamy texture to your next pasta dinner! Try out one of these pasta sauces with cottage cheese or any of my other cottage cheese recipe ideas to help you start including cottage cheese in your diet, today!
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