🥦Pasta and Veggies with Rao’s 🍝

Easy weeknight meal. One of my go-to plant-based dinners (I get three-four meals out of this, so great for meal prep!) where you get a healthy dose of carbs and veggies ❤️I’m a huge fan of meat (eat tons of chicken, turkey, fish, eggs), so this is a nice plant-based break from my typical meals. This is actually vegan but I have made it vegetarian. You can also add in ground meat if you’d like! Just up your sauce amount.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 box Banza pasta (I love rotini)
• 1 bag broccoli florets
• 1/2 bag frozen peas
• 1/2 bag spinach
• Almost a full jar of regular size @raoshomemade marinara (love all of their flavors! My favorite marinara)
• Can also add any kind of cheese (ricotta is delicious – I’ve done @kitehillfoods ricotta)

SPICES

• Lots of salt
• Pepper
• Generous Garlic powder
• Onion powder
• Italian seasoning
• Crushed red pepper
• Nutritional yeast (love this for cheesey, umami flavor)

DIRECTIONS

• Cook your pasta al dente.
• Remove from pot and Leave in strainer.
• Make sure your broccoli florets aren’t too large.
• Steam your broccoli and frozen peas – make sure you leave them a bit crunchy (don’t over cook). Sauté your spinach.
• Add your pasta sauce to pasta pot to heat up sauce.
• Add in all veggies to sauce.
• Add back in pasta.
• Add in all seasonings to taste.
• Mix well. Taste.
• Add in more seasonings (usually salt and garlic here lol).
• I sometimes add in extra seasonings once I serve myself in a bowl too.
• Enjoy! I also love to eat this alongside a big salad.