Pasta With Cottage Cheese Salad Recipes

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together the cottage cheese, tomatoes, green onions, and cucumbers. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Chill until serving.

Steps:

• 1. Cook pasta al dente in boiling water(about 8 minutes).Drain and rinse in cold water. Drain. Combine pasta and vegetables in a large bowl. Add cottage cheese and dressing; mix lightly to blend. Chill until ready to serve. Sprinkle with paprika if desired.
• 2. If desired add 1/2 cup chopped ham or other protein. Such as chicken , chopped up hot dogs, pepperoni, tuna,bologna, bacon,roast beef,a leftover hamburger , you can add olives or nuts too or cauliflower, zucchini. etc...

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Put currants in a small bowl and ladle a little of the boiling water over them to cover. Let soak for 10 minutes, then drain.
• Meanwhile, salt the remaining water in the pot. When it returns to a boil, add pasta. Cook according to package instructions until al dente, usually 1 minute less than the package directs. Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup pasta cooking water.
• In a large serving bowl, combine scallions, tomatoes, lemon juice and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
• When the currants are soaked, add them to the bowl with the tomatoes and toss to combine. Stir in 2 tablespoons olive oil.
• Add pasta to the serving bowl, along with cottage cheese, pepper and a few splashes of reserved pasta water (about 1/4 cup), and toss until evenly coated. If pasta looks dry, add a little more pasta cooking water, a tablespoon at a time. Stir in herbs. Taste, and add more salt and lemon, if needed.
• To serve, top with a dusting of ground cinnamon (if you like), flaky salt, a lot of black pepper, and more olive oil and herbs. Serve hot, warm or at room temperature.