Goat Cheese and Tomato Sauce

Goat cheese adds a creamy texture and tangy flavor to ordinary spaghetti sauce. Works with homemade sauce or pour it right out of a jar to save tons of time, making this a super easy 10 minute meal!

Spaghetti has always been my go-to for nights when a) I don’t want to cook, or b) my kids are balking at everything I suggest. It’s easy to whip up using jarred sauce and dry pasta and I can have dinner on the table in less than 15 minutes.

Lately we’ve been getting tired of the same old stand-by so I decided to try to change it up a little bit. My plan was to make a creamy sauce using heavy cream or cream cheese. So I heated my sauce and cooked up the pasta, then went to the fridge to find that neither of those things were there. But I did have goat cheese, so I gave it a try and it was so delicious! My kids gobbled it up and there were hardly any leftovers.

Recipe

Goat Cheese and Tomato Sauce for Pasta

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Kristin Maxwell

Goat cheese adds a creamy texture and tangy flavor to ordinary spaghetti sauce. Works with homemade sauce or pour it right out of a jar to save tons of time, making this a super easy 10 minute meal!

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Servings 8 servings

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Ingredients

  

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• 1 jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
• 1 pound pasta spaghetti and linguine work best, cooked to package directions
• 2 ounces fresh goat cheese
• 2 tablespoons Parmesan Cheese for garnish if desired
• Fresh parsley for garnish if desired

Instructions

 

• Heat spaghetti sauce over medium heat until bubbly. Remove from heat and stir in goat cheese until completely melted.
• Add cooked pasta straight out of the cooking water to the sauce.

Notes

For a thinner sauce, add a tablespoon at a time of the pasta cooking liquid.

Nutrition

Calories: 254kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 10gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 4mgSodium: 452mgPotassium: 382mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 451IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 49mgIron: 2mg

Keyword goat cheese, homemade spaghetti sauce

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