Creamy Cottage Cheese Pasta
This creamy cottage cheese pasta is an easy cottage cheese pasta recipe combining healthy pasta with cottage cheese, creamy pasta with ground turkey, and a homemade creamy pasta sauce for a quick rigatoni with marinara sauce masterpiece!
Ingredients
- 8 oz dry pasta of choice (we used rigatoni)
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
- 3 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 24 oz jar marinara sauce (e.g., Rao’s)
- ½ cup whole milk cottage cheese
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Fresh basil, for serving
- Fresh parmesan, for serving
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chopped onion and sauté for 5-6 minutes until softened and fragrant. Season with salt and pepper.
- Stir in minced garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes until aromatic.
- Add ground turkey to the skillet, stirring occasionally while breaking it apart with a spoon. Cook until browned and cooked through, about 6-8 minutes.
- While the turkey cooks, combine marinara sauce and cottage cheese in a blender. Blend until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
- Pour the creamy tomato sauce into the skillet with the cooked turkey. Mix well, then add the drained pasta. Toss everything together until evenly coated.
- Scoop servings of pasta onto plates and finish with fresh basil and grated parmesan cheese.