Cottage Cheese Mac and Cheese | Easy, Cheap, High Protein
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Banda protein pasta is a game changer for meal prep. Switch into it when rice begins to get old.
Annoying drama.. just give the recipe!
I’ve had Banza pasta but it’s a hit and miss. Red sauce is better at masking the flavor of the pasta. I really like their boxed Mac n cheese. So I would assume this recipe would be great with it!
I prefer protein shakes. But then protein products over here are extremely expensive so I'd rather just do whatever meat is on sale at the time… And a regular milk shake.
I should have known this wasn't one serving but I still held hope. I'm a moron.
Protein shakes tend to keep me full longer
I love Premium Protein shake 8 flavors 160 calories 30g protein
This was so good!!! My husband and I both agree that it was even better than the Mac and cheese we got when eating out. So easy too. Thanks so much for this; it's definitely made it into the lunch rotation! I used red lentil pasta instead of chickpea pasta and it worked very well
Banza gave my stomach fits
Banza’s chickpea mac n cheese bowls are pretty legit. Unfortunately not all protein is equally bioavailable, and chickpea protein is pretty garbage compared to a lot of alternatives. 18g chickpea protein may as well be 9-10g of protein from a better source.
I enjoy protein bars more than shakes, but I don’t like the calorie trade-off.
Chickpea pasta tastes and feels decently close to the regular stuff and the fact that it has a lot more protein AND fiber is a big plus. I do find that it has a weaker structural integrity than the regular stuff though. It doesn't feel like the individual pasta pieces stay together as easily. Still, it's a legitimate option if people want their meal to have more protein and fiber to it. Getting enough fiber in a mac-n-cheese pasta dish is probably difficult.
I prefer protein bars simply for the convenience AND I can easily try a single protein bar and be down a few bucks to see if I like it. Protein power, however, often costs a lot of money per bag or container and I don't want to have to spend that money unless I know I like the protein powder, but I can't know if I like it unless I buy it. . . So, you see my dilemma here. That's what's tough about a lot of high protein recipes, especially high protein dessert recipes, that rely on protein powder. I don't want to buy protein powder. I appreciate the rare times that someone does a high protein dessert recipe that does not rely on protein powder.
Made this with chicken and bacon this evening and my whole family loved it!
I've had that banza pasta before and I prefer it over regular pasta as it's so high in protein! It tastes great and unless you're super picky it won't taste any different than regular pasta. I have problems with my gut being sensitive to certain things but that Banza pasta makes me feel awesome and leaves me with more energy over a longer sustained period of time than regular pasta honestly. My personal experience obviously, but would definitely recommend it to anyone!
Interesting channel. I prefer protein shakes to protein bars as protein bars are often about 1/3rd protein by calorie percentage. Protein shakes are usually 70% – 80% protein by calories. Protein bars usually cost more due to the convenience factor. BTW, it would be nice to see the macros in these dishes.
Wow you've really evolved from cottage cheese sriracha tuna : D
Shakes👍
I prefer bars for how easier and faster they are to consume.
New mics that everyone is using lol Now your talking my love language! Great recipe I will have to give this a try with It's Skinny Pasta Noodles. Get that 500K subs!
Winner Winner Pasta dinner. It looks delicious Derek 🤤 I love Banza Pasta that's what I use most of the time, nice shout out to Banza. Derek try and get a sponsorship from them.
As long as I still have teeth, I’m going to prefer the protein bar over a shake, also because there’s more satiety to me in bars than shakes. Shakes just want to make me turn them into smoothies. That can go runaway real fast 😓. Thank you for the recipe.
Guy moves just like the animatronic characters at old Chuck E Cheese’s
Protein bars, love ya protein chef!
I don't see what is the serving size in ounces or grams to achieve those macros (370 calories, 34g protein, etc. …). Because I plan to cook up the whole box of Protein+ pasta
I hate cottage cheese but used to use it as a base to make protein pudding (mixed in a food processor with whatever flavored whey protein) and that was actually pretty good. So I'll give this a try.
I despise cottage cheese but it works well here, i add in chicken and some peas and it works well.
chickpea pasta is my go to! It works fabulously well. The trick is to NOT overcook it! It will cook far more quickly than regular wheat pasta
Barilla protein+ to really up the ante
gang forever I have been watching Derek Howes for a DECADE!!!
Damn, gna hv to try this🤤
Thumbs up for cottage cheese. I love protein shakes too!
Could this recipe be baked as well?
I’ll be trying this for sure!!
The Mic actually sounded best when you pulled it off and held it in front of you at chest level. Sounded slightly muffled where it was for the video.
Hell yeah!!!!!
Looks good chef 😊
Prefer bars
I honestly prefer banza over regular wheat pasta. It's got much more flavor. You just have to be careful not to overcome it.
Protein shakes for sure!
I love protein bars!
Looks delish !!
I prefer protein shakes ❤
Protein shake! They tend to have better flavor with less calories
I just made this and it is very good. I used 2% cheddar and 2% cottage cheese and it was nice and creamy. I added chicken and bacon bits. TY
Thanks, this looks good and healthy if eaten with a salad kr something.
looks ok but instead of pasta i'll make it with potato. and i prefer protein powder cuz the bars always have palm oil or extra sugar and they make me really thirsty anyways
Going to make this tomorrow!
Shakes are the better supplement, since you can prep so that your meals have high fiber. When I travel, I add bars, because I won't be meal prepping, and I need the fiber in the bars.