Lunch · Beginner · 20 min

Tomato cottage cheese pasta

A creamy sauce made by stirring, without a blender.

Hobvegetarian5 ingredients

Original draft · Kitchen testing and human review pending.

CHUTTERSNAP / Unsplash · Ingredient photograph

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What you need

Amounts for 1 serving. Weigh the prepared ingredient described below.

75 g Dried wheat pasta, egg-free, unenriched
120 g 2% cottage cheese, vegetarian-labelled
120 g Tomato
30 g SpinachExplore this ingredient →
5 g Olive oil

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Diet and ingredient checks

Diet: vegetarian. Tags assume the specified products, including vegetarian cheese and vegan bread where listed.

Contains: Cereals containing gluten, Milk

Product labels need checking for: Eggs.

These are ingredient checks, not an allergy-safety guarantee. Check every package and avoid cross-contact in your kitchen. Vegan does not mean allergen-free.

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Let’s make it

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Boil the pasta in water for the packet time. Reserve a small mug of the cooking water before draining.
Wash and chop the tomato and spinach. Return the pasta to the pan over low heat with the oil and vegetables.
Stir in cottage cheese and a splash of the reserved water until the spinach wilts and the sauce is hot.

A look at the nutrients

Estimated from ingredient amounts. Cooking losses and product differences are not adjusted. Total sugars include naturally occurring sugars; added sugars are not separately calculated.

Dietary fibre4.5 g

Total sugars10.08 g

Total fat9.21 g

Carbohydrate (by difference)67.49 g

Energy448.15 kcal

Protein24.14 g

Vitamins, minerals and other values

EPA<0.01 g

DHA0 g

Retinol81.6 µg

Total monounsaturated fatty acids4.44 g

Total polyunsaturated fatty acids1.2 g

Total saturated fatty acids2.44 g

Beta-carotene2,235 µgKnown subtotal · 1 ingredient value missing

Vitamin C24.87 mg

Thiamin0.16 mg

Riboflavin0.43 mg

Vitamin K (phylloquinone)157.47 µg

Copper0.37 mg

Iron2.3 mg

Magnesium87.45 mg

Phosphorus365.25 mg

Starch46.8 gKnown subtotal · 3 ingredient values missing

Fructose1.77 gKnown subtotal · 1 ingredient value missing

Niacin2.33 mg

Pantothenic acid1.08 mg

Vitamin B-60.33 mg

Potassium769.1 mg

Zinc2.03 mg

Selenium61.98 µg

Alpha-tocopherol2.16 mg

Glucose1.62 gKnown subtotal · 1 ingredient value missing

Water245.69 g

Calcium190.7 mg

Choline, total33.41 mgKnown subtotal · 1 ingredient value missing

Sodium403.9 mg

Manganese1.11 mg

Vitamin A (RAE)272.7 µg

Folate, total99.3 µg

Vitamin D (D2 + D3)0 µg

Vitamin B-120.56 µg

Fluoride2.76 µgKnown subtotal · 4 ingredient values missing

Total trans fatty acids0.08 gKnown subtotal · 1 ingredient value missing

Linoleic acid0.06 gKnown subtotal · 4 ingredient values missing

ALA0.03 gKnown subtotal · 3 ingredient values missing

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Food records, image rights & review status

Original Nutrition Atlas recipe draft, 6 September 2026. Kitchen testing and human editorial review are pending. Photography illustrates ingredients or serving ideas, not the exact prepared recipe.

USDA SR Legacy, April 2018, public-domain food data. Values retain their source definitions; a historical generic record cannot describe every brand. Nutrient links explain the measured substance and do not claim this meal covers your needs.

Dried wheat pasta, egg-free, unenriched — FDC 168927Pasta, dry, unenriched
2% cottage cheese, vegetarian-labelled — FDC 172182Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 2% milkfat
Tomato — FDC 170457Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average
Spinach — FDC 168462Spinach, rawOpen this exact food in the atlas →
Olive oil — FDC 171413Oil, olive, salad or cooking

USDA documentation · Unsplash image licence · Unit conversions: NIST · Food handling: FSA

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