Vegetable Pasta

This pasta recipe is extremely special, it's what I would make after a long evening working in the library at uni. It is such a wholesome and comforting dish - high in carbs, loaded with veggies, and spicy. Tips for making pasta: use good quality penne (none of that quick cook stuff), keep half a cup of the salty water the pasta has been cooked in to later add to the sauce, and add olive oil over the top before serving.

INGREDIENTS

• half an onion diced

• 2 cloves of garlic crushed

• 3 tbsp of oil

• 1 tsp herbs (dried or fresh)

• 1/4 red pepper diced

• 1/4 green pepper diced

• 1/4 courgette diced

• Salt and pepper to taste + (1tbsp salt for cooking)

• 1 tsp chilli powder

• 1 tbsp red wine

• 1/2 tsp of balsamic vinegar

• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes pureed

• Desired amount of pasta

METHOD:

1. Boil pasta with 1tbsp salt and 1 tbsp of oil

2. Add the remaining oil into a saucepan, once heated add the herbs, onions and garlic. Cook until tender

3. Add the remaining vegetables, after five minutes add the tomatoes

4. Cook for 5 minutes then add the salt, pepper, chilli powder, vinegar and red wine - cook for another 10 minutes

5. Once the pasta is cooked, save half a cup of the water it has been boiled in, drain the pasta and add it to the sauce. Then pour over the salty pasta water saved aside over the sauce.

6. Cook for another 5 minutes and serve with olives, pepper cheese, olive oil etc...

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Yours,

The Humble Veggie x