Baked Feta Pasta

TikTok hacks and TikTok trends - it’s hard not to try them out when the Gen Z population makes them look so enticing! So here we are putting an MTMM spin on the famous baked vegetarian feta pasta.

We swapped out the tomatoes for mixed mushrooms, added spinach and red onions, and this did not disappoint.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 265g No Yolk Pasta 

  • 500 g mixed mushrooms (I’ve used shiitake and brown mushrooms)

  • 1 red onion

  • 6 garlic cloves

  • 120 g block of feta cheese

  • ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil (with some extra)

  • 1 pinch dried oregano

  • 100 g baby spinach

  • Squeeze of lemon (optional)

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F

  2. Slice mushrooms and onion and place into an oven dish

  3. Add garlic cloves whole in their skin along with the fresh thyme leaves

  4. Drizzle over the olive oil and give a quick mix and massage with your hands so everything is nicely coated

  5. Add the block of feta in the middle of the dish and place all the mushroom mixture around it evenly

  6. Bake in the oven for 25 minutes until mushrooms are nicely golden and feta has softened

  7. When mushrooms have 10 minutes left on the cooking time, start to cook the pasta in heavily salted water. As always, don’t forget to save some pasta water on the side

  8. Remove oven dish and gently peel garlic cloves from their skin. Using a fork, mash the garlic cloves in the same oven tray

  9. Give it all a mix together breaking up the feta cheese with a spoon

  10. First add the spinach then top with the cooked pasta with a good splash of pasta water. Mix together quickly to create a beautiful creamy sauce. If it’s too thick, add more pasta water

  11. Top with any additional protein you'd like, and if you find it too salty add a good squeeze of lemon to balance it out

Makes 5 servings

Nutrition:

Cals: 405 calories
Protein: 18g
Carbs: 48g
Fat: 15g