TRYING VIRAL TIKTOK PASTA RECIPE | IS IT A YES OR NO?

boursin cheese

🥗Healthier: cream cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Cream cheese provides a similar creamy texture but with fewer calories.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with no dairy.

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: low-fat mozzarella

💰Cheaper: shredded cheddar

Low-fat mozzarella reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Pour grape tomatoes into a baking dish, eyeballing the amount.

Drizzle olive oil over the tomatoes.

Add garlic to the tomatoes, again eyeballing the amount.

Season with salt and pepper, mixing everything together to coat the tomatoes.

Open a block of feta cheese and place it in the middle of the tomatoes.

Drizzle a little more olive oil on top of the feta cheese.

Sprinkle parsley flakes and additional salt and pepper on the feta cheese.

Bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 400 degrees.

While the feta and tomatoes are baking, boil a bag of penne pasta.

If the pasta has bugs, discard it and use large elbow macaroni instead.

Once the pasta is cooked, smush down the tomatoes and mix them with the feta cheese.

Mix in half the cooked pasta at a time to achieve desired sauciness.

Top the pasta with fresh parmesan cheese before serving.

Taste test the dish and adjust seasoning if necessary.

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