High Protein Butternut Squash Cottage Cheese Pasta - a delicious vegetarian pasta recipe. Cottage cheese makes this pasta so creamy. This is a cottage cheese recipe for cottage cheese haters. The cottage cheese gets blender up and makes this pasta creamy and delicious.
I love butternut squash. For another butternut squash recipe try my curried butternut squash noodles or my smashed butternut squash with feta.
If you're looking for another sneaky cottage cheese recipe you need to try my cottage cheese tomato soup.
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Why you'll love this recipe
It is easy to make and ready in less than 40 minutes.
It is vegetarian, and can be made gluten free.
Thanks to the cottage cheese this recipe is high in protein.
Ingredients
- Butternut Squash - This makes our sauce taste like fall!
- Pasta Water - This thins the sauce and makes it silky.
- Broth - This adds flavor to the sauce.
- Garlic - Garlic up-levels any sauce it is added to!
- Cottage cheese - This adds protein to our sauce.
- Parmesan - This adds flavor to the sauce.
- Basil - This adds fresh herby flavor to cut through the richness of the sauce.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Substitutions
- Parmesan - This could be omitted or subbed with feta.
- Basil - This can be subbed with parsley.
- Cottage cheese - I believe you could sub this with cashews to make the pasta vegan but you will probably want to add in some nutritional yeast.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Roast your butternut squash and garlic.
Blend together sauce.
Toss sauce with pasta and other ingredients. Serve and enjoy!
Storage instructions
You can store the extra pasta in a sealed container in your fridge for up to 3 days.
Recipe Pro-Tips
If you are vegetarian make sure to get vegetarian parmesan, some are made with rennet which is not vegetarian!
Use a good quality cottage cheese for the best tasting pasta sauce. I love good culture.
Recipe FAQS
Yes cottage cheese is made from dairy.
Yes, butternut squash is full of vitamins and fiber.
Cottage cheese adds protein and so does the parmesan.
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High Protein Butternut Squash Cottage Cheese Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 small butternut squash - roughly chopped
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon oil
- to taste salt
- black pepper to taste
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ cup cottage cheese
- ½ cup reserved pasta water make sure this is heavily salted
- ½ cup vegetable broth + more if you want your sauce thinner.
- ½ cup shredded parmesan
- ½ cup basil - finely chopped
- 1 package cooked pasta of choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Add butternut squash and garlic to a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Toss in oil salt, pepper and garlic powder. Roast for 30 minutes, removing the garlic after 15-20 minutes. The garlic will be soft when it is done cooking, we don't want to burn the garlic.
- Add cooked butternut squash and garlic to a blender along with vegetable broth, pasta water and cottage cheese. Blend until smooth.
- Toss sauce with pasta, parmesan and basil.
- Divide out and serve.
Totino says
Great sauce
Kristi says
Thank you Totino!
Julie says
I assume the oil is to be tossed with the squash etc. for roasting? Also, I assume one package of pasta is one pound?
Kristi says
Yes thanks for pointing this out I just corrected the blog post.
Totino says
Great sauce
Nicole says
Made this for dinner tonight and it was delicious! I topped with some burrata and chili flakes and that took it to the next level!
Kristi says
Thank you for trying!
Carl says
This is the best pasta ever! So creamy and simple to make.