Pasta with Cheese Sauce

• Serves 4
• Preparation Time:-5 minutes
• Cooking Time:- 8-15 minutes

• Ingredients
• 450g wholewheat tagliatelle
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 onion- peeled and sliced
• 1 garlic clove- peeled and crushed
• half green pepper, cored, seeded and finely chopped
• 50g mushrooms - chopped
• 1 400g can of tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
• 225g cottage cheese
• salt and pepper
• grated parmesan cheese

• Method
• Cook the tagliatelle in a large pan of boiling salted water until just tender - drain and keep warm
• Heat the oil and fry the onion for 3 minutes without browning
• Add the garlic, green pepper and mushrooms and stir fry for 30 seconds
• Add the tomatoes with their juice and basil, stir well - bring to boil and simmer for 30 minutes
• Stir in the cottage cheese and heat through gently - do not boil
• Add salt and pepper to taste
• Place the tagliatelle in a warmed serving dish, pour over the sauce and toss well
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese