Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Quick and Light Tomato Pasta

Quick and Light Tomato Pasta. Simmer over medium-low heat until flavors are blended and sauce is very slightly thickened. In that case, it's perfectly acceptable to use good-quality canned, petite-diced tomatoes. It's done in the time that it takes to boil the pasta.

Bright red tomatos are peeled and chopped and cooked very briefly with tomato paste and sauteed garlic to make a fresh and colorful sauce for hot pasta. Stir in fresh basil just before combining the sauce with the pasta, then top with Parmesan cheese. Great tomato sauce in a flash. You can have Quick and Light Tomato Pasta using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Quick and Light Tomato Pasta

1. You need 250 grams of whole wheat pasta.
2. You need 3 of tomatoes.
3. You need 1 of green bell pepper.
4. Prepare 1 of onion diced.
5. It's 1 1/2 tsp of paprika.
6. You need 2 tbsp of olive oil, extra virgin.
7. It's 1 of sea salt and pepper.
8. You need 1 dash of chipotle sauce.

A quick, simple, easy (and absolute favorite) tomato sauce recipe. Bright and clean flavors, a vibrant red in color, exudes the essence of tomatoes. I enjoy cold pasta salads and rice salads, so I decided to make one with orzo, a rice-shaped pasta. Feel free to add other favorite veggies—like asparagus and green beans—and serve with rolls or pita bread.—Valonda Seward, Coarsegold, California Authentic (Quick) Italian Tomato Sauce for Pasta (Spaghetti Sauce).

Quick and Light Tomato Pasta step by step

1. Prepare the vegetables and bring a pan of water to the boil.
2. Fry off the onion in a medium high heated skillet. Then add in the bell pepper and finally the tomatoes.
3. Salt the veggies and add the paprika..
4. Add pepper and chipotle sauce to taste then add in the cooked pasta when the peppers are tender. Stir and serve..

Based on research from MyRecipes.com, we pulled the Cooking Light recipes that received the most votes and highest star ratings. First up: Put ripe tomatoes to good use and make a fresh tomato sauce to top sweet Italian sausage and penne pasta. Canned tomatoes - not all canned tomatoes are created equal. Good quality ones are naturally sweet with better tomato flavour, poor quality ones are sour and often unripe tomatoes. If needed, add sugar to sweeten tomatoes.

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