Cottage Cheese Casserole
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Recipe type: casserole
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • 2½ teaspoons butter (use coconut oil cooking spray for E or FP meals)
  • ½ cup mushroom (chopped)
  • ½ cup onions (chopped)
  • ½ cup celery (chopped)
  • ½ cup zucchini (chopped)
  • ½ cup nopales (diced)
  • 1 clove garlic (minced)
  • ½ teaspoon dried marjoram
  • ⅔ cup tomato paste
  • 2 cups uncooked ( Dreamfields pasta or Wonder Wrap pasta to keep this within plan limits for S meals)
  • 1¼ cups water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sweetener, I used ¼ tsp THM Super Sweet Blend
  • ¼ cup parsley (chopped)
  • 16 ounces low-fat cottage cheese
  • ⅓ cup Parmesan cheese (grated)
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella, optional for an S meal
  • 2 pounds browned and rinsed ground beef or Turkey, optional for an S meal
Instructions
  1. Saute mushrooms, onions, celery, nopales (cactus leaves)and garlic in a large skillet with the butter.
  2. Combine tomato paste, marjoram, water, macaroni, salt sweetener and vegetables.
  3. Put ½ of this mixture in the bottom of crockpot.
  4. Top with 1 cup cottage cheese and ½ of the Parmesan cheese. Repeat Layers.
  5. Cook on high for 4 hours.
If using an Instant Pot I cooked on *normal on the slow cooker setting for 2 hours.
I have also baked this at 350 for 1 hour and it came out just right.
Notes
** If using Wonder Wraps reduce water to ¾ cup or it is more like a soup than a casserole.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 cup Calories: 256
Recipe by Wonderfully Made and Dearly Loved at https://wonderfullymadeanddearlyloved.com/cottage-cheese-casserole/