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Creamy cottage cheese pasta salad

Whole wheat pasta, peas and crunchy vegetables in a creamy blended cottage cheese and dill dressing, with no mayo.

Creamy cottage cheese pasta salad

Vegetarian Quick Budget High protein

Prep
10 min
Cooking
10 min

Per serving

581 kcal

Protein
37 g
Carbs
84 g
Fat
14 g
Fibre
12 g

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Ingredients

7 servings

Check every ingredient for allergies and intolerances, and read product labels. Health and safety

  • Whole wheat pasta, dry, short pasta such as fusilli 530 g
  • Frozen green peas 420 g ≈ 3 ¼ cups
  • Cottage cheese (2%) 1.2 kg ≈ 5 ½ cups
  • Grated parmesan 1 cup 70 g
  • Lemon juice 7 tbsp 110 g
  • Mustard, Dijon 2 ½ tbsp 35 g
  • Garlic 7 cloves 20 g
  • Olive oil 2 ½ tbsp 30 g
  • Red bell pepper, diced 420 g ≈ 2 ¾ cups
  • Tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, halved 420 g ≈ 2 ¼ cups
  • Cucumber, diced 350 g ≈ 3 ¼ cups
  • Fresh dill, chopped 20 g
  • Salt ½ tsp
  • Black pepper 1 ½ tsp

Steps

  1. Cook the pasta in a pot of salted boiling water according to the package, about 10 minutes, adding the peas for the last 2 minutes.
  2. Drain and rinse under cold water until cool, then drain well.
  3. Meanwhile, blend the cottage cheese, parmesan, lemon juice, mustard, garlic, oil, salt and pepper until smooth.
  4. Toss the pasta and peas with the dressing, bell pepper, tomatoes, cucumber and dill.

Tip: Keeps 3 days in the fridge; give it a stir before eating.

No pork or alcohol. Choose halal meat if you eat halal. Nutrition is worked out from USDA FoodData Central values and is an estimate.

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