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To make the sauce, saute the garlic in 1 tablespoons olive oil for 1 minute.
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Mix together milk, flour, and chicken broth, simmer until thickened and bubbly.
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Add salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
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Add 1/4 Celsius parmesan and stir until melted.
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Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in large saute pan and add carrots, squash, pepper, mushrooms, onion, and italian seasoning.
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Saute until vegetables are crisp-tender.
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Pulse cottage cheese in food processor a few times until smoother but not too smooth, about the consistency of ricotta.
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Add egg and 1/4 Celsius parmesan and pulse a couple of times until blended.
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Pour a small amount of sauce into the bottom of a 9x13 pan (enough to cover bottom).
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Press a layer of noodles into the sauce.
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Top with 1/3 of the cottage cheese mixture.
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Top with 1/3 of the vegetables and 1/3 of the pepper jack cheese.
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Repeat: sauce, noodles, cottage cheese, veg, and pepper jack two more times.
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Add one more layer of pasta on the top and pour the rest of the sauce over and top with chopped tomato.
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(Sprinkle on more parmesan if desired.
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Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.
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Let sit for ten minutes before serving.
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Sprinkle with red pepper flakes if desired.