5 Minute Healthy Budget Friendly Pasta! Wow!

I stole--borrowed and tweaked another recipe for you! Go, me! A health, budget friendly, fast, easy one. My favorite kind! 5 minute veggie pasta with tomatoes, pepperoni and parmesan cheese. Yes, three ingredients!

I personally do not like raw tomatoes, so when I make it I will substitute another vegetable. Maybe canned peas. The options are almost limitless.

The secret to making it so fast and easy is to use a frozen veggie pasta like the Birds Eye zucchini lentil the recipe I saw recommended. You simply steam it and it's ready to throw in your sliced cherry or other small tomatoes and your sliced pepperoni. It comes in several varieties with marinara sauce and even alfredo which is what I'd personally choose.

Birds Eye Veggie Made Pasta is made with real veggies instead of wheat flour, so it’s a great way to add a full serving of vegetables to your diet. Since they steam in just a couple minutes in the microwave, there is no waiting for water to boil and no pots and pans to clean up later. This is not an ad for Birds Eye or this particular type of frozen veggie pasta. Use whatever you can find or whatever you prefer.

How To

5 Minute Veggie Pasta Ingredients

• Birds Eye Steamfresh Veggie Made™ Zucchini Lentil Pasta with Marinara or your substitution

• Sunburst tomatoes which I've never heard of or cherry tomatoes or your choice of other veggie

• Sliced pepperoni or your favorite vegan alternative

• Grated Parmesan cheese

5 Minute Veggie Pasta Instructions

• Microwave pasta as instructed on package.

• Cut the desired number of tomatoes in half and toss in a large bowl. Or whatever veggie you've chosen.

• Add in pepperonis to taste and toss again.

• Top with grated Parmesan cheese and serve warm or chill for later. I think I'd personally go with chilling.

How easy is that? I love it! I have not yet tried veggie pasta but I want to for the reduced carbs. I've been told the taste is great but you will get the taste of the veggies it's made from which is cool with me. The texture is what scares me a little. I'm told it's softer than traditional pasta but I think I can get used to that.

But wait! There's more! It slices, it dices, it juliennes! I mean, here's another great budget vegan recipe: vegan sweet potato chili! Yum!

I did find a lentil pasta from my go to for weird/healthier foods but you'd have to cook it which would defeat the 5 minute thing, but just throwing it out as an option. Affiliate link. If you order through this link I might get some credit to use on the site but you won't pay a penny extra.

Ancient Harvest, Plant-Based Protein Pasta, Green Lentil & Quinoa Penne, 9.6 oz (272 g)

• Free of Top 9 Allergens

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• 25 g Protein*

• Kosher

• Green Lentil Protein Penne

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*Per 3.5 oz /100 g dry serving

Suggested use

Add pasta to 8 cups of boiling water and stir immediately.

Cook uncovered for 6-9 minutes or until desired firmness is reached. Begin testing at 5 minutes and stir occasionally. Do not overcook. Drain and rinse pasta in hot water and serve.

Note: Water may appear cloudy or foamy when cooking legume pasta. Be sure to use enough water so noodles can boil freely.

Other ingredients

Green lentil flour, organic quinoa flour.

Free of: Milk, shellfish, wheat, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soybeans, fish, sesame.