Cottage Cheese Pasta Sauce
This Cottage Cheese Pasta Sauce is comfort food made healthy. Similar to a vodka sauce with garlic and tomatoes, this high protein sweet and savory sauce is the perfect way to curb creamy pasta cravings, in a low calorie way. Pair with your favorite noodle and protein for a delicious meal for the whole family.
Servings: 9 servings
Calories: 100kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tsp. olive oil
- 4 Tbsp garlic, minced
- 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
- 1 tsp. basil
- 1 tsp. oregano
- 1 tsp. salt
- fresh cracked black pepper
- 30 oz. tomato sauce (two 15 oz. cans)
- 6 oz. tomato paste
- 1/4 cup beef broth
- 3 Tbsp. coconut aminos or soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp. honey
- 1 cup low fat cottage cheese 220g
- 2 Tbsp. beef broth
Instructions
- Add the olive oil to a large soup pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add garlic and onion and cook, stirring until fragrant and translucent.
- Add the basil, oregano, salt and pepper to the garlic and onions and stir to coat. Pour in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, beef broth, coconut aminos and honey and stir to combine. Bring to a boil and right when it starts popping, lower to a LOW simmer. Simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
- When the sauce is done, add the cottage cheese and remaining broth to a high speed blender or single cup and blend until smooth.
- Add the blended cottage cheese to the pasta sauce. Stir to combine and let simmer another 5 minutes to heat through.
- Add desired garnish and serve over your favorite pasta noodle.
Notes
- Serving size is approximately 1/2 cup each.
- If using a nice thick cottage cheese, like Good Culture, you’ll need 2 Tbsp. of beef broth to blend with your cottage cheese. Other brands are far more watery so you might not need any broth or you may only need 1 Tbsp.
- The sauce is incredible without cottage cheese too. You can absolutely stop there for delicious red pasta sauce.
- Add to your favorite pasta noodles and any protein you like.
- Nutritional information is an estimate and will vary with substitutions.
Nutrition
Serving: 145g | Calories: 100kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 1063mg | Potassium: 279mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g
