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Intro
Have you ever heard of picky eaters having a wholesome meal? No? Well, this recipe might give you a big nod to say yes to veggies. It smells cheesy, it tastes flavourful, no fancy ingredients required and best of all it is homemade pasta.
Choose your Pasta
Your pasta can be freshly made, dried, or gluten free variety. Pasta can be your home' favourite variety. Pasta is best eaten al dente, which means to the tooth. It should have the tenderness to chew but you should still be able to bite it. Cooking times depends on the pasta you choose. Covering pasta pot might help cook pasta fast enough.
This recipe needs no baking. Everything goes in one pot, you can use the same pot in which you boil the pasta. Not much preparation required as well. You can sub canned tomatoes to the fresh ones. You can skip sugar if you use roma tomato variety. This recipe is homemade, and uses the signature cheese sauce with lots of vegetables and nuts. It is a plus point for vegans, vegetarian from which they benefit a lot from. This recipe is wholesome, packed with vegetable goodness but hidden.
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Ingredients
Directions
One pot pasta Boil
On a high heat, boil water in a pot.
Once the water starts rolling boiling, add salt and pasta.
Boil it for 7-10 mins, or until the pasta is al dente.
Turn off the heat and drain the pasta.
One pot pasta sauce
In the same pot, add chopped spinach, chopped tomato and sugar.
Mash them and bring together the vegetables.
Add the signature cheese sauce, basil and oregano, chilli flakes and salt to taste.
Once everything combines well, stir in pasta and mix well.
Enjoy this pasta with a very good glass of smoothie for wholesome meal.
Nutritional Value
The information here is just an estimate and derived from an online nutritional analyzer or calculators. It is only for courtesy and convenience. Not to be considered as an alternative to professional's advice.
This makes about 1 - 2 servings.
Pasta is carb rich but the special vegetables and meat you add makes it a wholesome meal.
The cheese sauce used is gluten free and dairy free and it makes a plant based cheese.
No oil needed, and makes it cholesterol free.
This recipe has protein, enough fiber and other essential nutrients.
Spinach is very good for our health, and you can substitute it with other greens like broccoli rabe, baby spinach and baby kale.
You can make it ahead, refrigerate it and reheat as a part of meal prep.
This goes well with your favourite add ins like beyond meat if you would like the meaty pasta.
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