I really like this simple vegetable spaghetti recipe! It tastes unimaginable and is loaded with over 1 ½ kilos of greens. This vegetarian pasta is so good that I might truthfully eat it daily.

I completely love this vegetarian pasta sauce as a result of it’s 100% from scratch, so you recognize precisely what’s going into the pan. Critically, my entire household devours it (even my younger son)! I’m always coming again to it, particularly once I want a easy weeknight dinner.
And the most effective half is that you would be able to throw in no matter veggies are hanging in your fridge. It’s a good way to make use of up these odds and ends within the veggie drawer. For extra veggie-forward pasta recipes, I really like this simple vegetable lasagna, this vegetable pasta bake, or if you happen to needed a low-carb choice, attempt my zucchini noodles pasta!
Key Substances
- Pasta: I used spaghetti in our photographs and video, however any form of pasta will do. You possibly can even substitute your favourite gluten-free or whole-grain pasta if you happen to’d wish to. Or, for one thing totally different, you need to use the sauce and make veggie lasagna roll ups, which use lasagna noodles!
- Greens: I add over 1 ½ kilos of veggies to this pasta recipe and love a mix of zucchini, yellow squash, jarred roasted purple peppers, and spinach. Different veggies work, like peas, corn, cauliflower, and cabbage.
- Onion, garlic, and tomato paste: These present our base taste for the vegetable pasta sauce.
- Canned entire tomatoes: I really like canned entire tomatoes for this recipe. After including them to the pot, I crush them with a spoon in order that they flip right into a chunky sauce. Crushed tomatoes are additionally an choice. You may as well use blanched, peeled recent tomatoes (ideas for peeling recent tomatoes are discovered on this recipe for purple pasta sauce).
- Basil: I really like recent basil on this sauce, however different herbs work, too (parsley and mint add a distinct taste however are wonderful).
- Mushroom powder: Okay, now this one is optionally available, however for the most effective, most flavorful veggie pasta, I extremely suggest utilizing selfmade mushroom powder. It provides a wealthy umami taste to the sauce and is our secret weapon when making meatless recipes. I additionally use it when making mushroom pasta and spaghetti with meat sauce. You may as well purchase it from specialty meals shops, spice retailers, and on-line.

The way to Make Veggie Spaghetti
My household loves this veggie spaghetti (even my baby). We’ll make it from scratch, however don’t fear, it’s simple and fast!
First, you’ll make the vegetable sauce. Cook dinner your onions in olive oil till delicate, then stir within the garlic, spices, and tomato paste. The tomato paste will flip from brilliant purple to burnt orange, and that’s if you’ll toss in all of your scrumptious veggies.
Subsequent, add a big can of tomatoes and use a picket spoon to interrupt them right into a chunky sauce. Add pinch of salt and, when you have it, some mushroom powder (extremely really useful). Then, let your sauce simmer for 10 to fifteen minutes.
Whereas the sauce simmers, you possibly can cook dinner your pasta. When the pasta is cooked, your sauce ought to be prepared, and you may toss in some spinach, recent basil, and the cooked pasta. I really like serving this veggie spaghetti with a beneficiant quantity of parmesan cheese, however you need to use a extra vegetarian-friendly cheese or dietary yeast as a substitute.


Straightforward Veggie Spaghetti
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We love this fast and simple vegetable pasta with over 1 ½ kilos of greens and a easy tomato sauce made utterly from scratch. For vegan spaghetti, skip the cheese and serve with some dietary yeast sprinkled on high. You may make the sauce as much as 4 days upfront.
Makes 4 to six servings (makes 6 cups of sauce)
Watch Us Make the Recipe
You Will Want
12 ounces (340g) spaghetti or pasta of alternative
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup (140g) chopped onion
2 medium zucchini, chopped
2 medium yellow squash, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced, about 1 tablespoon
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon purple pepper flakes
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 (28oz) can entire peeled tomatoes
One (12oz) jar roasted purple peppers, drained and reduce into 1/2-inch items, about 1 cup
2 to three teaspoons mushroom powder, optionally available
5 cups (226g) spinach leaves
Handful of recent basil leaves, plus extra for serving
Salt and recent floor black pepper
Parmesan cheese or dietary yeast for serving
Instructions
- Make Vegetable Pasta Sauce
1Warmth the olive oil in a large skillet with sides over medium warmth. Add onion and cook dinner, stirring often, till softened, 3 to five minutes.
2Add the zucchini, yellow squash, garlic, oregano, purple pepper flakes, and a beneficiant pinch of salt, then cook dinner, stirring often, till softened however nonetheless with some crunch, 5 to eight minutes.
3Stir within the tomato paste and cook dinner one other minute.
4Add the roasted purple peppers, tomatoes, and mushroom powder. Deliver to a low simmer and cook dinner till the liquid has thickened and diminished by half, about 10 minutes. Because the sauce cooks, use a spoon to interrupt the entire tomatoes into smaller items for a chunky sauce.
- Make Veggie Pasta
1Whereas the sauce simmers, deliver a big pot of salted water to the boil then cook dinner pasta based on bundle instructions.
2Take the sauce off of the warmth, after which stir within the spinach and basil. Style then alter with further salt if wanted.
3Toss within the cooked pasta, after which depart for a minute in order that the pasta absorbs a few of the sauce and the spinach wilts. Toss once more, after which serve with parmesan or dietary yeast sprinkled on high.
Adam and Joanne’s Ideas
- Storing: Leftover veggie spaghetti lasts in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 4 days. You may as well make the sauce and retailer it within the fridge for 4 days earlier than tossing it with the pasta. Freeze the sauce for as much as 3 months. Thaw in a single day within the fridge earlier than reheating and tossing with freshly cooked pasta.
- Salting to style: Tomato sauces normally want fairly a little bit of salt. In case you style the sauce and the flavour doesn’t pop, it in all probability wants extra salt. I take advantage of between 1 and 1 ½ teaspoons of superb sea salt when making this vegetable tomato sauce.
- Mushroom powder: I like it and extremely suggest including it to your spice cupboard! It provides a wealthy umami taste to the sauce (and different dishes). Right here is our selfmade mushroom powder recipe, or you should purchase it (I’ve seen it in specialty shops, spice retailers, and on-line).
- Substitutes for mushroom powder: Strive a splash of soy sauce or fish sauce, or chop mushrooms and add them to the pan together with the onions.
- The diet details supplied under are estimates.
Vitamin Per Serving
Serving Measurement
1/6 of the recipe (2 ounces pasta)
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Energy
372
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Whole Fats
11.4g
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Saturated Fats
1.6g
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Ldl cholesterol
0mg
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Sodium
798.2mg
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Carbohydrate
56.9g
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Dietary Fiber
8.9g
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Whole Sugars
7g
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Protein
14.5g

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