Tomato and Garlic Pasta - simple and fresh ingredients for a delicious meal in less than 3o minutes.
This is such a quick and easy meal to put together. It’s a favourite when I have nothing else prepared and the kids are hungry and I need to put together something fast. Not only is it quick to make, but it is tastes amazing. There is no better combination with pasta, than fresh tomatoes and garlic.
Seriously if you have been making your sauce for pasta with canned tomatoes, make the switch now and you will wonder why you hadn't tried it sooner.
While a nice sauce can still be made with canned tomatoes, the process of canning them gives them a slightly acidic taste. Fresh tomatoes, on the other hand, don't have that at all, when made into a sauce like in this Tomato and Garlic Pasta, they are sweet and flavoursome, especially when matched with some garlic, onion, herbs and seasoning.
I don't even bother blanching my tomatoes to remove the skin. If you invest in a handy little peeler like this Kuhn Piranha Serrated Peeler - peeling tomatoes or any other vegetable/fruit with a soft skin will be effortless.
If you have a healthy extra a spare, a little-grated parmesan is perfect over this pasta dish, but don't worry the parmesan is totally optional, this Tomato and Garlic Pasta are equally delicious without.
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HOW CAN I ADD A ⅓ VEGETABLES TO THIS TOMATO AND GARLIC PASTA?
The tomatoes and onion etc will count towards your ⅓ vegetables, but to bulk out that little bit more, you could add some chopped zucchini (courgette) or have half the pasta and spiralize some veg instead. This also pairs really well with nice mixed salad. I really love baby leaves or arugula with this pasta dish.
WHAT KITCHEN ITEMS DO I NEED TO MAKE THIS TOMATO AND GARLIC PASTA?
- Kitchen Scales
- Measuring Spoons
- Measuring Jug
- Chopping Board
- Santoku Knife (perfect knife for chopping veg)
- Wooden Spoon
- Deep Frying Pan
- Saucepan
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Tomato and Garlic Pasta | Slimming Eats
This recipe is gluten free, dairy free, vegan, Slimming Eats and Weight Watchers friendly
WW Smart Points - 8Gluten Free - use a gluten free pasta of choiceVegan - use a vegan friendly pasta
Ingredients
- 160g of spaghetti
- 6 ripe vine or roma tomatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2-3 cloves of garlic, crushed
- little vegetable stock
- splash of red wine vinegar
- salt and black pepper
- spray oil
- freshly chopped Italian parsley or basil
Instructions
- Spray a frying pan with some spray oil over a medium-high heat.
- Add the onion and fry for 3-4 mins
- Then add a little stock and continue to fry until softened and translucent.
- Add the garlic and fry for a further 2 mins.
- Add the tomatoes, a splash of red wine vinegar and a little bit of stock and simmer away, stirring every now and then until the tomatoes break down and become more sauce like.
- While the tomatoes are cooking, you can cook the spaghetti according to package instructions.
- When the sauce is ready, add the spaghetti to the sauce and toss to coat
- Season with salt and black pepper, and a sprinkle of fresh chopped Italian parsley.
- Serve with a side salad and enjoy
- Optional: You can top with some grated parmesan, or a little vegan cheese if vegan.
Notes
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- Calories - scroll down to nutritional info box
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Nutrition Information
Yield 2 Serving Size 1 servingAmount Per Serving Calories 334Total Fat 2.1gSaturated Fat 0.3gSodium 90.9mgCarbohydrates 69.1gFiber 4.9gSugar 4gProtein 11.5g
Recipe Card
Tomato and Garlic Pasta | Slimming Eats
This recipe is gluten free, dairy free, vegan, Slimming Eats and Weight Watchers friendly
WW Smart Points - 8Gluten Free - use a gluten free pasta of choiceVegan - use a vegan friendly pasta
Ingredients
- 160g of spaghetti
- 6 ripe vine or roma tomatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2-3 cloves of garlic, crushed
- little vegetable stock
- splash of red wine vinegar
- salt and black pepper
- spray oil
- freshly chopped Italian parsley or basil
Instructions
- Spray a frying pan with some spray oil over a medium-high heat.
- Add the onion and fry for 3-4 mins
- Then add a little stock and continue to fry until softened and translucent.
- Add the garlic and fry for a further 2 mins.
- Add the tomatoes, a splash of red wine vinegar and a little bit of stock and simmer away, stirring every now and then until the tomatoes break down and become more sauce like.
- While the tomatoes are cooking, you can cook the spaghetti according to package instructions.
- When the sauce is ready, add the spaghetti to the sauce and toss to coat
- Season with salt and black pepper, and a sprinkle of fresh chopped Italian parsley.
- Serve with a side salad and enjoy
- Optional: You can top with some grated parmesan, or a little vegan cheese if vegan.
Notes
Please see below for full nutritional info and additional details about recipe:
- Calories - scroll down to nutritional info box
- WW Points and other Slimming or Weight Loss programs - due to plans regularly changing and updating, we recommend calculating with the official tools you get as a member to those plans to ensure accuracy of values.
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Nutrition Information
Yield 2 Serving Size 1 servingAmount Per Serving Calories 334Total Fat 2.1gSaturated Fat 0.3gSodium 90.9mgCarbohydrates 69.1gFiber 4.9gSugar 4gProtein 11.5g
Alison Shannon says
Love love love this pasta dish. So easy and so tasty.... my husband even loved it!
For some reason it wouldn’t let me give 5 stars.
Mimi says
Why at any time your recipes do not print !!!!!
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Liz van Loon says
This i really like as it tastes so fresh.
Easy to make.
I don't peel the tomatoes and have yet to see or feel the skin in my mouth.
I add a little tomato puree too.
Salad on the side. Delicious.
Paula says
This is really nice with the addition of some grated carrot to add more speed
Watty says
I made this tonight, very easy to make and very tasty. I couldn't be bothered peeling tomatoes so used a can of chopped tomatoes and it worked. Just before the spaghetti was ready, I added 2 bags of raw king prawns, stirred them into the boiling sauce, gave them a few minutes to cook through then mixed in the spaghetti. Everyone loved it.
Stephanie Sully says
This was yum!! Wanted to say thank you as well, I have lost a whopping 11kg in 12 weeks by following your recipes & not felt hungry once, only 5kg to go and at my goal weight. It would never have been possible without simple and family friendly recipes 🙂