Pasta is most definitely one of my go-to dinner foods. Usually it only takes minutes to prepare and goes great with everything, especially vegetables. This colorful veggie pasta is great to enjoy during summer time and with ingredients like diced canned tomatoes, red bell pepper, spinach (which can always be found in my fridge or pantry) it’s very easy to make.
What you’ll need:
1 package of whole wheat spaghetti pasta
2 handfuls of spinach
2 cups portobello mushroom, sliced
1-2 yellow squash, sliced into thick pieces
2 red bell peppers, cubed
few cherry tomatoes
feta cheese
1 can of organic, diced tomatoes
2-3 garlic cloves, minced
1 TBS olive oil
1. Prepare the pasta, according to package instructions.
2. While the pasta is cooking heat up the olive oil in a saucepan and add minced garlic. Cook until it becomes fragrant. Add the canned tomatoes and cook on low heat for about 4 minutes-remove from heat, add some sea-salt and pepper to taste.
3. Grill the squash and peppers on a grilling pan, sauté the mushrooms with spinach until soft.
4. Once the pasta is cooked drain it and gently mix in the tomatoes and the rest of the veggies. Top off with a few cherry tomato halves and crumbled feta cheese.
*Edit: I should probably mention that I ended up with a sh*t load of pasta. If you’re making a dinner for two/three people, half the ingredients. Otherwise you’ll be eating veggie pasta for an entire week (not that there’s anything wrong with that ;) ).
11 Comments
Silvana
July 8, 2014 at 4:09 amI like pasta recipes and it is very easy to combine it with many different ingredients:) Thankd for sharing
Hugs, Sily
Paula
November 11, 2014 at 1:34 pmThanks for visiting Love!
Marjaana
July 8, 2014 at 8:04 amThanks for the inspiration! Now I know what to cook tonight ;). Maybe i’ll just swap some of the pasta to zucchini pasta (yay for the veggie spiralizer ;D)
x Marjaana
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Paula
July 9, 2014 at 9:57 pmOo yes, I bet this would be amazing with zucchini pasta <3 Can't wait for my spiralizer to get here!
Briana deckard
July 8, 2014 at 9:18 amOh yum! Of pasta for days is defyingly not a bummer. ;)
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Sadie
July 8, 2014 at 9:50 amI love pasta too, it’s one of my favourite go to meals and it’s so easy to just boil up and throw in any vegetables you have lying around in the fridge that need using. This sounds yummy, definitely going to try putting spinach and feta in it next time I make veggie pasta :) xx
Paula
July 9, 2014 at 9:55 pmThanks Sadie!
BerryBloomXO
July 8, 2014 at 10:05 amI love this! I totally agree with the idea of sautéing the vegetables (and onions) for pasta – some people don’t and just add the sauce on top of the pasta, they do NOT know what they’re missing!!
This looks so yummy – and I’ve never really been into feta but it always looks super pretty in pictures!!!!! haha!
Than You, Paula! <3
xoxo,
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Paula
July 9, 2014 at 9:47 pmThanks Puja <3
Sophie Sierra
July 8, 2014 at 5:57 pmAhh I adore anything pasta related but anything pasta-veggie related is an even bigger bonus ;) :D
Loving your recipe inspo Paula, and this gorgeous concoction is one I’d love to try; mushrooms, spinach, & feta cheese make for such a delicious combination and happen to be three of my favourite foods so if that doesn’t inspire me to get into the kitchen and cook, I doubt anything will ;) I might even follow your initial instructions on purpose so I end up eating this (intentionally) for one whole week!!
Sophie xo
Paula
July 9, 2014 at 9:48 pmYay, I knew I wasn’t the only one who loves pasta :D
Aww, thanks so much Sophie <3