Caramelized Onion Dip Pasta Bake
Busy moms, this Vegetarian Onion Dip Pasta Bake is your new weeknight hero!
Made with cottage cheese for extra protein, this easy, cheesy, and kid-approved dish comes together fast—no complicated steps, just pure comfort food.
Side note: in the photo I sliced the onions, but if you have onion questioners in your house you can and should chop them up instead so they aren’t as in your face 😉
PREP TIME
20 minutes
COOK TIME
1 hour
INGREDIENTS
13
Serves: 4-5
Ingredients
- 1 whole1 whole1 whole Onion, sliced thin or chopped
- 1 whole1 whole1 whole Garlic
- 2 Tbsp2 Tbsp2 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 - 2 Tbsp1 - 2 Tbsp1 - 2 Tbsp Avocado Oil
- 0.5 tsp0.5 tsp0.5 tsp Thyme, Dried
- 2 pinch2 pinch2 pinch Salt and Pepper, season to taste
- 12 oz12 oz12 oz Pasta, I used chickpea
- 0.333 - 0.5 cup0.333 - 0.5 cup0.333 - 0.5 cup Parmesan Cheese
- 1 cup1 cup1 cup Cottage Cheese, Low-Fat
- 0.5 cup0.5 cup0.5 cup Pasta Water
- 0.25 cup0.25 cup0.25 cup Sour Cream
- 0.25 tsp0.25 tsp0.25 tsp Real Salt - Redmond
sauce
Process
Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results
- Add onion, garlic, salt and pepper, 1 tbs of worcestershire sauce, avocado oil, and thyme in a 13x8 casserole dish. Mix and center the who garlic head (skin on, top sliced off) in the pan and cover with foil. Bake at 350 for an hour.
- Towards the end of the hour, make your pasta (I used chickpea pasta) and reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water.
- Blend the sauce ingredients together until smooth.
- Once cooled enough to handle, squeeze garlic out of the skin and mix with the onions.
- Add pasta and sauce and the remaining 1 TBS of worcestershire sauce.
- Add parmesan cheese, mix, taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.
- Serve with a side salad or veggie to stretch the meal further.
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Coconut Free Entrées Nut Free Other Pescetarian Shellfish Free Sugar Alcohol Free Vegetarian| This is our estimate based on online research. | |
| Calories: | 468 |
| Fat: | 13 g |
| Carbohydrates: | 24 g |
| Protein: | 59 g |
| Cholesterol: | 25 g |
| Sodium: | 1433 mg |
| Fiber: | 5 g |
| Sugars: | 4 g |
| Sugar Alcohol: | 0 g |
| Calculated for total recipe. | |
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