# Creamy Tuscan Steak Pasta

A creamy Tuscan-style steak pasta meal prep that is high in protein and lower in calories, featuring lean top round steak slow-cooked until fork-tender and shredded into a creamy sauce.

- Servings: 12 servings
- Total time: 390 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 pounds top round beef
- garlic
- 2 cups broth directly from the bone
- 4 tablespoons tomato paste
- protein pasta
- sun-dried tomatoes
- spinach
- reduced fat mozzarella
- 4 mean thin slices provolone
- cottage cheese
- ricotta

## Instructions

1. Cut 4 pounds of top round beef into cubes.
2. Spray the slow cooker with avocado spray.
3. Add garlic to the slow cooker.
4. Add 2 cups of broth directly from the bone to the slow cooker.
5. Add 4 tablespoons of tomato paste to the slow cooker.
6. Cook on low for 6 to 7 hours.
7. Once cooked, the beef should be shredded into a creamy Tuscan-style sauce made with cottage cheese, ricotta, and tomato paste.
8. Add protein pasta to the slow cooker.
9. Add sun-dried tomatoes to the slow cooker (in the last 30 minutes of cooking).
10. Add spinach to the slow cooker (in the last 30 minutes of cooking).
11. Add some reduced fat mozzarella.
12. Add four mean thin slices of provolone.

## Equipment

- slow cooker
- avocado spray

## Tips

- Stay in a calorie deficit and hit a protein goal.
- Cook on low for 6 to 7 hours in the slow cooker for best results.
- Sun-dried tomatoes and spinach hit in the last 30 minutes.
- Finish with a mozzarella melt.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSKsC9iDrgs/?igsh=d3JueGk1bnp6YjI5
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/426ce675-8786-41e0-8370-53560c8b5789
- Extracted: 2026-01-04

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