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Lentil Pasta Bake
One-dish lentil pasta bake with cottage cheese, feta, and veggies. Quick to assemble and oven-ready — perfect for meal prep.
4
Servings
15 min
Cook time
552
Calories
44 g
Protein
Ingredients
8 itemsServings
- Fusilli
400 g Lentil Pasta 
400 g Cottage cheese- chopped
1 pcs Bell peppers - chopped
1 pcs Zucchini 
200 g Feta cheese- to taste
Salt - to taste
Black pepper - to taste
Italian herbs
Required equipment
- Stovetop
- Oven
Instructions
5 stepsTemperature
- 1
Bring a pot of water to a boil and cook the
400 g Lentil Pasta until just shy of al dente; drain. - 2
Chop the
1 pcs Zucchini and 1 pcs Bell peppers. - 3
Add the
Lentil Pasta and the vegetables (Zucchini and Bell peppers) to a baking dish. - 4
Add
400 g Cottage cheese, crumble in 200 g Feta cheese, and season with Salt, Black pepper, Italian herbs, and your preferred seasoning; mix well. - 5
Bake at 300 °F for 20 minutes.
Nutrition per servingCalculated from the ingredients used at 4 servings.
552
Kcal
44 g
Protein
52 g
Carbohydrates
15 g
Fat
Recipe details
Published
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