Name: Split-Protein Creamy Spinach Pasta
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 bag (9 oz) fresh spinach; 3 individual cups (5.3 oz each) low-fat cottage cheese; 1/2 cup fat-free ultra-filtered milk; 1/2 cup bone broth; water + ice (for blanching); 4 package servings regular pasta; enough green sauce to lightly coat 4 pasta servings; 1 lb tri-tip (divides into 4 portions); preferred steak seasoning, to taste; ghee or another high-heat cooking fat, as needed; 4 oz fully cooked bite-sized beef meatballs (2 oz per kid); prepared Alfredo sauce, enough to lightly coat

Split-Protein Creamy Spinach Pasta — The Split PlateOne-cook, two-protein dinner for two adults and two kids. Everyone gets regular pasta coated in a batch-prepped spinach + cottage-cheese green sauce. Adults get seared tri-tip; kids get bite-sized beef meatballs with a little Alfredo. The green sauce batch is portioned for six future family dinners, and 1 lb of tri-tip creates four adult portions (two now, two for the next adult meal). Adult plate is a rounded creator estimate at ~460 cal / 38g protein; kid macros are intentionally hidden until each current pasta / meatball / Alfredo / cottage-cheese / milk / broth label is checked.