Cottage Cheese Casserole

• Meat

  • 2 lbs Ground beef or turkey

• Produce

  • 1/2 cup Celery
  • 1 clove Garlic
  • 1/2 tsp Marjoram, dried
  • 1/2 cup Mushroom
  • 1/2 cup Onions
  • 1/4 cup Parsley
  • 1/2 cup Zucchini

• Canned Goods

  • 2/3 cup Tomato paste

• Pasta & Grains

  • 2 cups Dreamfields pasta or wonder wrap pasta to keep this within plan limits

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Sweetener

• Dairy

  • 2 1/2 tsp Butter
  • 16 oz Cottage cheese, low fat
  • 1 cup Mozzarella
  • 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

• Liquids

  • 1 1/4 cups Water

• Other

  • ½ cup nopales (diced

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Ingredients

• 2½ teaspoons butter (use coconut oil cooking spray for E or FP meals)
• ½ cup mushroom (chopped)
• ½ cup onions (chopped)
• ½ cup celery (chopped)
• ½ cup zucchini (chopped)
• ½ cup nopales (diced)
• 1 clove garlic (minced)
• ½ teaspoon dried marjoram
• ⅔ cup tomato paste
• 2 cups uncooked ( Dreamfields pasta or Wonder Wrap pasta to keep this within plan limits for S meals)
• 1¼ cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sweetener, I used ¼ tsp THM Super Sweet Blend
• ¼ cup parsley (chopped)
• 16 ounces low-fat cottage cheese
• ⅓ cup Parmesan cheese (grated)
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella, optional for an S meal
• 2 pounds browned and rinsed ground beef or Turkey, optional for an S meal

Directions

• Saute mushrooms, onions, celery, nopales (cactus leaves)and garlic in a large skillet with the butter.
• Combine tomato paste, marjoram, water, macaroni, salt sweetener and vegetables.
• Put ½ of this mixture in the bottom of crockpot.
• Top with 1 cup cottage cheese and ½ of the Parmesan cheese. Repeat Layers.
• Cook on high for 4 hours.
• If using an Instant Pot I cooked on *normal on the slow cooker setting for 2 hours.
• I have also baked this at 350 for 1 hour and it came out just right.

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