Easy Baked Feta Pasta Recipe (viral TikTok favorite)

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: ricotta cheese

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Ricotta provides a similar creaminess with fewer calories.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is a dairy-free option that adds umami.

Preheat your oven to 400° F (200° C).

In a baking dish, place the block of feta in the center.

Surround the feta with cherry tomatoes and chopped garlic.

Drizzle olive oil all over the feta and tomatoes.

Add salt, pepper, chili flakes, and oregano to the dish.

Bake for 30 minutes until the tomatoes burst and the feta is golden and soft.

Meanwhile, boil your pasta and save a little pasta water.

Take the dish out of the oven.

Use a spoon to mash the feta and tomatoes into a creamy sauce.

Add your cooked pasta and a splash of pasta water to the dish.

Mix everything until it's perfectly coated.

Top with fresh basil if you have it.

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