Autumn Pasta Bake
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 brown onions, thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 400 g pumpkin, roughly cubed
- 3 zucchini, sliced into thick rounds
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced into strips
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 tablespoon capers
- 250 g gluten-free pasta
- 500 g cream-style cottage cheese
- 1 small egg
- 1 cup grated low-fat cheddar cheese
directions
- Cook pasta according to packet directions, drain and set aside.
- Warm oil in a frying pan and add the onion and garlic. Turn the heat up to high and sauté until onion is translucent.
- Add pumpkin and sauté for 5 minutes or until it is about half cooked.
- Add zucchini, bell pepper and capers. Cook, stirring, until they are soft, but don't overcook. Stir through thyme and heat another minute or so until fragrant.
- Stir pasta and vegetables together.
- Mix cottage cheese with egg and season with salt and pepper.
- Spread pasta in baking dish, top with cottage cheese mixture and sprinkle cheese over the top.
- Bake at 180°C for 40 minutes, covering if the top gets too brown.
- Serve with a salad of simple wintry lettuce like raddiccio and baby spinach dressed with lemon juice and olive oil, with a few walnuts sprinkled over the salad when serving.
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I'm a 23 year old English teacher from Sydney, Australia. I love health and nutrition, I'm quite sporty, and like cooking healthy feasts for myself and my friends! I'm always on the lookout for new and interesting ways for cooking on a budget.