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Info

Time: 30 mins
Servings: 8-10
Pros: Extremely easy
Cons: Very basic

Ingredients and Materials

• 32oz/2 large jars red pasta sauce (you can also make your own tomato sauce instead)
• 1 large tub cottage cheese
• a lot of garlic (5+ cloves)
• 2 onions
• 3-5 bell peppers
• fresh basil
• 3-4 tomatoes on the vine
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• spices
• 2lbs (2 boxes) pasta
• 2ish lbs ground meat

materials

• blender
• large pot (for pasta)
• large pot (for sauce)

Instructions

0. peel and crush the garlic. Mince the onions and peppers and tomatoes
1. Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
2. Fill the other large pot with enough water for the pasta. Add salt as desired and place over high heat.
3. Add the garlic to the sauce pot and cook until toasty.
4. Add the spices, onion, and pepper to the sauce pot and sautee until the onions are translucent
5. Add the tomatoes to the sauce pot and cook until desired tenderness
6. Add the ground meat to the sauce pot and cook until well done, breaking up chunks
7. Add the tomato sauce and stir over the heat until steaming
8. while the sauce is heating, blend the cottage cheese until smooth. Once the sauce is warm, slowly add the blended cottage cheese, gently stirring to combine
9. Once the water is boiling for the pasta, add and cook according to the box instructions

Notes

Variations

• I have also had success with (PLAIN) greek yogurt, mozzarella, ricotta, and grated parmesan instead of cottage cheese. You can also do a mixture, depending on how fancy/fast/cheap you want to make this
• you can omit the peppers if you want a more tomatoey flavor. They are included because adding them to recipes is one of my preferred methods to get me to eat more vegetables

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Created 2025-06-06 Last Modified 2025-06-06