Trending in the Kitchen: Baked Feta Pasta

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 the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

Place the block of feta cheese in the center of a baking dish.

Surround the feta with cherry tomatoes.

Drizzle 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil over the feta and tomatoes.

Sprinkle salt and black pepper over the mixture.

Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes until the tomatoes burst and the feta softens.

While the feta and tomatoes are baking, cook the pasta until al dente and reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water.

Once baked, mash the feta and tomatoes together in the baking dish.

Add the cooked pasta to the mashed feta and tomatoes.

Stir in the reserved pasta water to help with the moisture of the dish.

Add in the spiralized zucchini, spinach, broccolini, fresh basil, and minced garlic.

Mix everything together thoroughly.

Optionally, add olives and crushed red pepper to taste.

If desired, add anchovies and stir them into the mixture.

Taste and adjust seasoning as necessary.

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