My family’s Polish side gave me this straightforward recipe for pasta with cottage cheese. Our term for it is “cottage cheese and noodles” or “lazy man pierogies.” You may use any sort of noodle to make this delicious comfort food. While you can serve it as a side dish, we like it as a main meal.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 3 mins |
| Total Time: | 13 mins |
| Servings: | 1 |
| Yield: | 1 serving |
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup chopped fresh pineapple
- ½ cup sliced carrot
- 1 teaspoon water
- ⅔ cup almond milk
- ½ cup old-fashioned oats
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon (Optional)
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Combine pineapple, carrot, and water in a microwave-safe bowl. Cook in the microwave until carrots and pineapple are partially softened, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Stir almond milk, oats, cinnamon, and ginger into the bowl. Cook in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir. Continue microwaving in 30-second intervals, stirring after each interval, until oats are tender, 1 to 2 minutes more. Top with walnuts.
- Substitute pecans for the walnuts if desired.
- If using frozen carrots and pineapple, defrost in a microwave-safe bowl in the microwave for 1 minute.
Reviews
Added sliced tomatoes on top! Loved it!
Wife and I had high hopes. But this fell way short of carrot cake or any resemblance of carrot cake flavor. We shredded the carrots and fine diced the walnuts for better consistency. Didn’t help. Added a tbl of honey to make it bearable to eat
1.2.17 For my personal taste, this had waaaaaay too much cinnamon and ginger, and I will cut that at least in half next time; it just overpowered the flavor of the oatmeal. You can always add more, if necessary, but you can’t take it out once it’s in there. The other slight change I will make is not cooking the pineapple (don’t think it needs it), rather, I’ll just stir it in at the end. The pineapple color changes when cooked, and distracts just a little from the eye appeal (not a BIG deal here, just personal preference, and it doesn’t affect the taste). I had my doubt about the combo of carrot and pineapple in oatmeal, but you’ll taste the sweet pineapple more…it works!