Recipe
Healthy Homemade Green Pasta
Healthy Homemade Green Pasta is the comforting dinner for the hour when nobody wants to decide.
Pasta and onion lead the pot. The rest is heat and salt.
Give it about 30 minutes, and it's gentle enough for kids if you hold the hot chili.
Ingredients
- 350 g pasta
- 1–2 onion
- 1–2 tbsp ginger-garlic
- spices (turmeric, cumin, garam masala), to taste
- 2 tbsp oil or ghee
Steps
- Boil pasta in salted water until al dente; reserve ½ cup pasta water, then drain.
- In a wide pan, sauté aromatics and any veg from your list until tender.
- Add sauce ingredients (tomato, cream, or pesto) and simmer 3–4 min.
- Toss pasta with sauce, splashing in pasta water to loosen if needed.
- Taste, adjust salt, and serve immediately.
The reel
Tips
- Salt the pasta water until it tastes seasoned. That's where the dish gets its salt.
- Hold back a cup of the cooking water and loosen the sauce with it.
- Toss the pasta with the sauce off a hard boil so cheese stays smooth.
Questions
How long does it take?
Healthy Homemade Green Pasta takes about 30 minutes, from the first cut to the plate.
Is it kid-friendly?
Yes. Healthy Homemade Green Pasta is marked kid-friendly. Hold the hot chili if your table likes it milder.
What can I substitute?
No pasta? Any shape — Loblaws stands in at the same amount. The dish still tastes like Healthy Homemade Green Pasta.
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