Quick & Easy Creamy Tomato Zucchini Penne
Creamy Tomato Zucchini Penne. A delicious zucchini tomato cream pasta with mushroom flavors! An easy pasta recipe ready in 20 minutes. Great as a main dish or side dish.
Ingredients
- 450 g pasta penne or rotini
- 2 cups marinara sauce
- 1.5 cups mushroom soup canned
- 2 small zucchinis sliced
- 1 small onion diced
- ¼ cup Italian parsley chopped
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon salt to season pasta water
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large pot filled with enough water, add 1 tablespoon salt. Boil pasta according to package instructions. Reserve ¼ cup of the cooked pasta water for later. Strain pasta and set aside. Tip: For Al-Dente texture, boil pasta 1 minute less than the instructed time as you will be mixing the pasta into the hot sauce later.
- In a large pan on medium heat, add olive oil and fry onions. Fry until softened add in zucchinis. Fry until zucchinis are tender and browned on each side.
- Pour in marinara sauce, mushroom soup and reserved pasta water and mix well.
- Toss in the chopped parsley. Mix until well combined and bring sauce to a boil.
- Shut off the heat. Add in the strained pasta and mix until pasta is coated, only 1 minute. Remove off heat. Serve immediately and season with salt and pepper to taste if needed.
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Nutrition
Calories: 162kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 5mg | Sodium: 1908mg | Potassium: 1071mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 1432IU | Vitamin C: 32mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 4mg