Cottage Cheese Pesto

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 garlic cloves
• 1/2 cup fresh basil
• 1 cup nonfat cottage cheese
• 1 tablespoon nonfat yogurt
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated

Recipe

• 1 put the garlic into a food processor and process until finely chopped. scrape down sides of the bowl.
• 2 add the basil. process until finely chopped and scrape down sides of the bowl.
• 3 add cottage cheese, yogurt, olive oil, and parmesan. process until smooth and cream.
• 4 if using as a pasta sauce, dilute with a spoonful of the pasta cooking water.