Pumpkin Pasta
This Pumpkin Pasta is a one-pot meal loaded with ground beef and pasta shells in a creamy cottage cheese pumpkin sauce. Full of fall flavors, this is a great recipe to warm you up on cold winter nights. It's like hamburger helper went to the pumpkin patch drinking a pumpkin spice latte and came home a high protein, light but hearty meal that's also ready in less than 30 minutes.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 459kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1 cup yellow onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 lb. lean ground beef 96/4
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2-1/4 tsp. chipotle chili powder see notes
- 1/2 tsp. ground cumin
- 1/4 tsp. dried rosemary
- fresh cracked pepper
- 16 oz. medium shell pasta
- 4 cups low sodium beef broth 32 oz.
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese 220g
- 1 can pumpkin puree 15 oz.
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 Tbsp. tomato paste
Optional Garnish
- fresh rosemary
- fresh basil
- fresh sage leaves
- Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Add the olive oil to a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and garlic and saute until the onion is translucent.
- Add the ground beef and cook, breaking into bite size pieces, until cooked through. Approximately 5 minutes. Add the salt, chipotle powder, cumin, rosemary and pepper. Stir to combine.
- Add the uncooked pasta, beef broth and water to the pan, stirring to submerge the pasta shells as best as possible. Bring to a boil and reduce to medium heat. Cook, stirring often for 12-14 minutes or until the pasta is cooked.
- Optional, add the cottage cheese, pumpkin puree, tomato paste and cinnamon to a blender and blend so the cottage cheese is smooth. Or, just add in chunky, I promise it doesn’t effect the taste or texture of the pasta.
- Add the cottage cheese, pumpkin puree, tomato paste and cinnamon directly to the pan with the pasta. Stir and cook for a few additional minutes to warm through and evenly coat the pasta shells.
- Adjust with salt and pepper to taste, serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Heat Notes: use ¼ tsp. of chipotle for mild and ½ for medium. We like this to have some heat to compliment the pumpkin.
- This is a high-carb pasta, we’re using a full box of shells. To lower carb you can use half the shells and half the beef broth. Up the volume with added veggies or cauliflower rice.
- Add spinach or kale for extra veggies.
- Nutritional information is an estimate and will vary with substitutions.
- Serving size grams are an approximate and will change person to person, for the most accurate measurement weigh you dish and divide by the serving size for grams per serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 402g | Calories: 459kcal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 490mg | Potassium: 644mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g
