Healthy Baked Feta Pasta (TikTok Pasta)

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Goat cheese offers a similar tangy flavor with fewer calories.

pine nuts

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Sunflower seeds are more affordable and provide a similar crunch.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is a low-calorie alternative, while pecorino is often less expensive.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Place the feta cheese in the center of the baking dish and arrange the tomatoes around it.

Drizzle the oil and the wine over everything, making sure the tomatoes are tossed with the oil.

Sprinkle the garlic, basil, red pepper over everything. Season with salt and pepper.

Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.

After it has baked, broil for 3 to 4 minutes to get a crust over the feta and cause the tomatoes to blister and pop.

While the feta and tomatoes are baking, cook the pasta al dente, and cook 1 minute under.

Drain and reserve the pasta water to add to the sauce.

Mash the feta and tomatoes together using a fork.

Add the pasta. If adding protein, add it here.

Add a bit of the pasta water to get the desired consistency.

Stir everything together well and serve.

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