Creamy Tomato Pasta Bake

GF, DF and RSF - serves 4

Ingredients:

  • 400 g buckwheat/spelt pasta

  • 1 broccoli, florets cut

  • 1 red capsicum sliced

  • 60g or 2 big handfuls of spinach

  • 2 garlic cloves finely diced

  • 1 small onion diced

  • 1 tsp thyme

  • 1 tsp oregano

  • 1 tsp smoked paprika

  • 1 can of coconut milk 240 ml

  • 1 1/2 cups passata sauce

  • 2 tbsp nutritional yeast

  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

  • Salt and pepper

Method:

  1. Pre heat oven to 180 degrees C.

  2. In a medium saucepan, cook the pasta to packet instructions.

  3. While this cooks, fry off your onion, garlic, thyme, oregano and paprika in a heated pan for 3 minutes.

  4. Add in your veggies except the spinach and cook for a further 5 minutes.

  5. Now add in the passata, coconut milk, nutritional yeast, balsamic vinegar and a pinch of salt and pepper.

  6. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes.

  7. Once pasta is cooked, add into the vegetable mixture and stir.

  8. Pour the mixture into a baking dish, cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes.

  9. Remove and enjoy!