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A bowl of creamy cottage cheese alfredo on fettuccine garnished with chopped parsley.

Cottage Cheese Alfredo

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A rich and creamy pasta sauce made with cottage cheese. Easy, versatile, and super quick to make, it's one of the best cottage cheese recipes.
Prep 10 minutes
Cook 15 minutes
Total 25 minutes
Recipe Makes (Approximate): 4 servings

Equipment

  • standard blender or food processor
  • Silicone spatula
  • Small saucepan

Ingredients

For the Cottage Cheese Alfredo Sauce

  • 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)

Serving Suggestions (All Optional)

  • prepared pasta (any type, any amount)
  • prepared meat of choice
  • prepared vegetables of choice
  • chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

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.

Recipe Notes

  • Make it Low Fat: Use skim milk, low-fat cottage cheese, and reduced-fat parmesan cheese.

Nutrition Information (Approximate)

Serving Size: 1 servingCalories: 120calProtein: 9gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 452mgPotassium: 133mgTotal Carbs: 6gFiber: 0.1gSugar: 4gNet Carbs: 6gVitamin A: 234IUVitamin C: 0.003mgCalcium: 245mgIron: 0.1mg
Recipe By: Cheryl Malik
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