Tomato cottage cheese chicken pasta by: Hannah

you will need:

4 boneless chicken breasts (or 4 -4oz pork chops)
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1 can tomato sauce (for better taste try a seasoned tomato sauce)
1 small can tomato paste (or 1 cup whipping cream) -this is to thicken the sauce for later
1 can chicken broth
1/2 lemon, zested
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Tomato cottage cheese mix:

1 tablespoon olive oil,
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 small white onion, diced or sliced
1 can diced tomatoes (for better flavor try any seasoned diced tomatoes)
1 (10-ounce) bag of frozen spinach (thawed and excess water squeezed out)
1/2 teaspoon salt,
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper,
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 cup (2 ounces) cottage chees

Directions

Boil water and cook your pasta, when cooked all the way rinse with cold water to stop it from cooking.

Heat a medium sauce pan on high while adding tomatoes sauce, tomato paste (or whipping cream), chicken broth, lemon zest, lemon juice, and dried oregano- bring to a boil. Add chicken (or pork chops) and boil for 2-3 minutes, turn heat down to a low simmer and cook for 20-30 minutes.

*Thaw out the spinach and drain the extra water and set aside.

Tomato cottage cheese mix:

5-10 minutes into cooking the meat in a different medium saute pan warm the 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and onions cook until fragrant, about 1-2 minute. Add the canned diced tomatoes, spinach, salt, pepper, and thyme. Cook until combined, about 2 more minutes. Transfer the mixture to a medium bowl. Add the cottage cheese to the bowl as well, and stir to combine and cover to keep warm and set aside.

Rinse the spaghetti noodles in hot water to loosen and reheat.

When your serve place your noodles on a plate then place the chicken on top and sprinkle some fresh or dried oregano on the chicken. Then place the tomatoe cottage cheese mix on top of the chicken and then spoon some sauce over the top and enjoy!

Personal comments:

I found this recipe on line and I changed it completely they asked for sun-dried tomatoes but I find those to be a little sour. They also asked for goat cheese, but I find that to taste really nasty- so I added cottage cheese to make it like lasagna . Also they asked you to cook the pork with oil but I found that to make the to pork really dry so I made up a sauce to cook it in and I love it! They also told you to stuff the pork chops with the Tomato cottage cheese mix before you cooked it but I found it harder to cook and all the stuffing fell out, plus the pork chops were so thin I didn’t have much room to stuff it with. So I just placed the tomato cottage cheese mix on top and it worked out perfectly this way people can put as much as they like.
Another thing is this recipe works well with chicken too, I just wanted to find a different way to cook pork. I would give this recipe a 4 1/2 out of 5 stars!





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