Simple & Delicious Vegetarian Pasta 2-Ways (VIRAL TIKTOK Pasta/Baked Feta Cheese Pasta 🍝 !!!)

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grana padano

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is less expensive and has a neutral flavor.

Boil a pot of water for the pasta.

Chop up parsley and garlic while the water is boiling.

Once the water is boiling, add the pasta to the pot.

In a separate pot, melt butter and cook garlic.

Add the cooked pasta directly into the pot with garlic and butter.

Save 1/4 cup of pasta water before draining the pasta.

Squeeze lemon juice over a strainer to avoid seeds.

Add salt to taste, parmesan cheese, parsley, black pepper, and some pasta water to the pot.

Mix everything together until combined and serve.

Preheat the oven to 350°F for the viral TikTok pasta.

In a casserole dish, add 1/2 cup of olive oil.

Add cherry tomatoes and minced garlic to the casserole dish.

Add 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red peppers (optional) and mix.

Place a whole block of feta cheese in the middle of the dish and sprinkle parsley around it.

Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.

Boil rigatoni pasta while the feta and tomatoes are baking.

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