One Pot Creamy Cheesy Leek Pasta | Slimming Eats Recipes (2024)

Got some leeks that need to be used up? Then this One Pot Creamy Cheesy Leek Pasta is a must make dish.

Last week I stocked up on lots of healthy vegetables as I wanted to get some soups batch cooked and put into some tubs to stock up my freezer.

This time of year starts to get super busy for me, and if I don't have meals on hand in the freezer that I can quickly heat up, I find it very hard to stay on plan. So I like to be well prepared.

Plus we were going away for the weekend to Toronto, and whenever I got away, It always takes me a couple of days to get back into a routine, so I knew having lots of yummy soups on hand in the freezer would be useful.

I picked soups to make based on the vegetables I had bought and what I had on hand.

So the yummy soups I choose were:

• Spicy Chicken and Vegetable Soup
• Beef and Cabbage Soup
• Spicy Carrot and Lentil

All perfectly comforting and filling for this time of year and great for freezing.

My favourite containers for adding soups, chilli, bolognese etc too are these Anchor Glass Storage Containers with Lids. The bonus of them being a glass container is that they are also ovenproof, so if it is something that can be cooked in the oven, these can go directly into the oven, unlike some plastic storage containers.

Once I had batched cooked all my soups, I had quite a few leeks leftover that I was trying to decide what to make with. I didn't want any more soup, as there was plenty of those now.

I almost went for a leek bake, but then decided I fancied pasta, so figured a One Pot Creamy Cheesy Leek Pasta would be perfect.

I love one pot pasta dishes at the moment, super easy to make and less washing up, which is always a bonus in my opinion.

There are these delicious OnePot Pasta Dishes, already to choose from:

• One Pot Cheeseburger Pasta
• One Pot Marmite Macaroni and Cheese
• One Pot Chicken and Asparagus Pasta
• One Pot Speed Pasta
• One Pot Beef Fajita Pasta
• One Pot Creamy Zucchini Pasta
• One Pot Shrimp Pasta

For a one-pot pasta dish, I recommend a deep frying pan with a lid. This ProCook Gourmet Non-Stick Pan is a perfect size.

First I sauteed the onion, garlic and leeks until softened and translucent, I like to use a little bit of the stock along with the spray oil, the little bit of stock, really helps to saute the veg without the need for lots of oil.

You can use chicken or vegetable stock in this One Pot Creamy Cheesy Leek Pasta, depending on your preference either is fine. If you are vegetarian of course you will want to use vegetable stock.

Also for the cheese if you are vegetarian, you will want to make sure the parmesan you use is free from animal rennet, there are many out there now that is, or you can just use all cheddar instead.

For the creaminess, I use low-fat cream cheese (like Philadelphia). I don't recommend quark, even though it would be an fat free option, it doesn't quite give that same creaminess as it is sour in taste. For the sake of a few points, you are better just using the low-fat cream cheese.

I made this One Pot Creamy Cheesy Leek Pasta to serve 2, but if you want it to serve more, you can just double up the ingredients.

If you are not vegetarian and have some chicken or bacon spare why not add some to this One Pot Creamy Cheesy Leek Pasta, it would be an amazing addition.

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What Kitchen Items do I need to make this One Pot Creamy Cheesy Leek Pasta?

• Deep Lidded Frying Pan
• Kitchen Scales
• Measuring Jug
• Measuring Spoons
• Immersion Stick Blender
• Wooden Spoon
• Santoku Knife (perfect knife for chopping veg)
• Chopping Board

HOW TO MAKE THIS ONE POT CREAMY CHEESY LEEK PASTA

Recipe Card

One Pot Creamy Cheesy Leek Pasta

Yield: 2 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

This recipe is vegetarian, Slimming Eats and Weight Watchers friendly

WW Smart Points - 13

Ingredients

• ½ onion, finely chopped
• 2 leeks, finely sliced
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• 160g/5.6oz of uncooked pasta (I used linguine)
• 2.5 cups (600ml) of chicken or vegetable stock
• 4 tbs of low fat cream cheese
• 30g/1oz cheddar cheese
• 30g/1oz parmesan
• salt and black pepper
• spray oil

Instructions

1. Spray a deep frying pan over a medium-high heat with spray oil.
2. Add the onion, garlic, leek and a little bit of stock, salt and black pepper and fry until translucent.
3. Add the cream cheese and stir until melted.
4. Add the pasta and stock, bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 10 mins.
5. Remove lid, stir in cheddar and parmesan until melted and pasta is creamy and velvety (a couple of mins).
6. Serve and enjoy!!

Notes

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• Calories - scroll down to nutritional info box
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Nutrition Information

Yield 2Serving Size 1 serving
Amount Per ServingCalories 519Total Fat 11.8gSaturated Fat 7.1gCholesterol 37mgSodium 671mgCarbohydrates 74.2gFiber 4.1gProtein 27.4g

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Recipe Card

One Pot Creamy Cheesy Leek Pasta

Yield: 2 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

This recipe is vegetarian, Slimming Eats and Weight Watchers friendly

WW Smart Points - 13

Ingredients

• ½ onion, finely chopped
• 2 leeks, finely sliced
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• 160g/5.6oz of uncooked pasta (I used linguine)
• 2.5 cups (600ml) of chicken or vegetable stock
• 4 tbs of low fat cream cheese
• 30g/1oz cheddar cheese
• 30g/1oz parmesan
• salt and black pepper
• spray oil

Instructions

1. Spray a deep frying pan over a medium-high heat with spray oil.
2. Add the onion, garlic, leek and a little bit of stock, salt and black pepper and fry until translucent.
3. Add the cream cheese and stir until melted.
4. Add the pasta and stock, bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 10 mins.
5. Remove lid, stir in cheddar and parmesan until melted and pasta is creamy and velvety (a couple of mins).
6. Serve and enjoy!!

Notes

Please see below for full nutritional info and additional details about recipe:

• Calories - scroll down to nutritional info box
• WW Points and other Slimming or Weight Loss programs - due to plans regularly changing and updating, we recommend calculating with the official tools you get as a member to those plans to ensure accuracy of values.

If you wish to share this recipe, then please do so by using the share buttons provided at top of this post.

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It is the responsibility of the Reader to assure the products or ingredients they use in any recipes from Slimming Eats are allergen-free (gluten-free, egg-free, soy-free and/or dairy-free, for example). Slimming Eats assumes no liability for inaccuracies or misstatement about products, opinions or comments on this site.

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Nutrition Information

Yield 2Serving Size 1 serving
Amount Per ServingCalories 519Total Fat 11.8gSaturated Fat 7.1gCholesterol 37mgSodium 671mgCarbohydrates 74.2gFiber 4.1gProtein 27.4g

Did you make this recipe?

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