TikTok Boursin Tomato Pasta - No Fuss Recipe for Easy Weeknight Dinners!

boursin cheese

🥗Healthier: light cream cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Light cream cheese reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Preheat the oven to 400° Fahrenheit.

Place the Boursin cheese in the center of a baking dish.

Surround the cheese with 2 to 3 cups of cherry tomatoes.

Chop off the root end of the garlic and add it whole to the dish.

Chop the red onion into thin slices and sprinkle around the tomatoes and cheese.

Add salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes to taste.

Drizzle 1/4 cup of olive oil over the mixture.

Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.

While the mixture is baking, boil water in a pot and salt it generously.

Use half of a 17.6 ounce container of bow tie pasta and cook according to package instructions.

Reserve about 1.5 cups of pasta water before draining the pasta.

Chop fresh basil and spinach while the pasta and tomato mixture are cooking.

After 30 minutes, remove the dish from the oven and mash the garlic cloves with a fork.

Smash the tomatoes with a tool used for cooking ground beef or use an immersion blender for a smoother sauce.

Add the chopped basil and spinach to the mixture and stir.

Add the reserved hot pasta water and the drained pasta to the dish.

Optionally, add another Boursin cheese for a cheesier dish.

Return the dish to the oven for an additional 5 to 6 minutes.

Remove from the oven, add more cheese on top, and serve.

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