This High Protein One Pot Pasta is a quick, nutritious meal packed with lean ground turkey, hearty vegetables, and a creamy cottage cheese sauce for an extra protein boost. It’s perfect for easy weeknight dinners or meal prep, all made in one skillet with minimal cleanup!
NOTE: I’m using a cast iron but a sauce pan works great!
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The recipe:
Prep your veggies by removing the stems and chopping the spinach and dicing the mushrooms.
In a large skillet (with height and depth), add the ground turkey or sausage. Sauté over medium heat for 7-9 minutes until browned and cooked through.
Stir in the sliced mushrooms, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, and salt.
Add the uncooked pasta and water/broth (2.5 cups if using a lid, 3 cups if not), and if using a lid, cover the your skillet. Regardless if you’re using a lid or not, reduce heat to low to medium. Cook for about 6-7 minutes, stirring halfway through.
While the pasta is cooking, blend the cottage cheese with a splash of water (about 3 tablespoons) until smooth, resembling a creamy Alfredo sauce.
One minute before the pasta is done, stir in the chopped spinach.
After 1-2 minutes, stir in the blended cottage cheese and Parmesan cheese until well combined. Add cottage cheese once water is fully evaporated and pasta is cooked.
Garnish with a drizzle of olive oil and sprinkle with dried parsley or basil and salt and pepper to taste!
High Protein One Pot Pasta
Equipment
- Skillet (with depth & height)
Ingredients
- 10-12 ounces ground turkey or sausage
- 1.5 cups uncooked pasta
- 2.5 cups packed spinach, destemmed and finely chopped
- 1 2/3 cups mushrooms diced
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 tablespoon garlic powder
- Salt, to taste
- 2 1/3 cups water or broth (use 3 cups if cooking without a lid)
- Olive oil, to drizzle for garnish
- 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
- Dried or fresh parsley or basil, for garnish
Instructions
- Prep your veggies by removing the stems and chopping the spinach and dicing the mushrooms.
- In a large skillet (with height and depth), add the ground turkey or sausage. Sauté over medium heat for 7-9 minutes until browned and cooked through.
- Stir in the sliced mushrooms, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, and salt.
- Add the uncooked pasta and water/broth (2.5 cups if using a lid, 3 cups if not), and if using a lid, cover the your skillet.
- Regardless if you're using a lid or not, reduce heat to low to medium. Cook for about 6-7 minutes, stirring halfway through.
- While the pasta is cooking, blend the cottage cheese with a splash of water (about 3 tablespoons) until smooth, resembling a creamy Alfredo sauce.
- One minute before the pasta is done, stir in the chopped spinach.
- After 1-2 minutes, stir in the blended cottage cheese and Parmesan cheese until well combined. Add cottage cheese once water is fully evaporated and pasta is cooked.
- Garnish with a drizzle of olive oil and sprinkle with dried parsley or basil and salt and pepper to taste!
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