3 cottage short Recipes

whole-milk cottage cheese (you could use 1 percent, but do not use nonfat cottage cheese...it will break when baked), eggs, lightly beaten, parmesan cheese, grated (about 1 1/2 cups), salt, ziti pasta (or other short , tubular pasta), extra virgin olive oil, garlic cloves, minced, tomato sauce (i like cento or pastene), diced tomatoes, dried oregano, chopped fresh basil, sugar, salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste, cornstarch, heavy cream (whole milk could be substituted by increasing the cornstarch to 2 tsp and increasing the cooki), low-moisture mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/4-inch pieces (about 1 1/2 cups. you could use whole-milk or part-skim mozzarella, but do not use the preshredded cup)

oil, butter, fresh minced garlic (or to taste), sliced mushrooms (can use more ), spinach, shredded (about 5 cups), salt and pepper, shredded cheddar cheese (can use more or less ), curd cottage cheese, cooked short-grain rice, mozzarella cheese, paprika (to garnish , any amount desired)