Cheeseless Pasta Bake

Easy but delicious

Ingredients

• 150g dried pasta- penne/fusilli (75g per person)
• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 chopped deseeded chilli (green or red)
• 1/2 chopped onion (and 1 chopped garlic clove if desired)
• 4 chopped mushrooms
• 1 chopped courgette or carrot (or 1/2 chopped courgette and 1/2 chopped carrot)
• 100g frozen peas
• 1 tbsp mixed herbs
• Seasoning
• (1 tin of tuna for non veggies/ fish lovers)

Instructions

STEP 1:

Serves 2: prep time 10-15 mins: Cooking time: 45 mins

STEP 2:

1)Boil water in a pan and add pasta to cook for about 10-15 minutes

STEP 3:

2)Meanwhile preheat oven to 200 degrees and prepare vegetables

STEP 4:

3)Add onion (and garlic if desired) with chopped chilli to a seperate pan and add spray oil

STEP 5:

4)Cook for 3 minutes stirring well

STEP 6:

5)Add remaining ingredients to the onion+chilli- again stir well making sure all the vegetables are coated with the chopped tomatoes

STEP 7:

6)At this point people who like fish could add 1 tin of tuna to the mixture but this step is not necessary!

STEP 8:

7)Leave mixture on lowest heat, cover and simmer until the pasta is cooked

STEP 9:

8)Once pasta is cooked, drain it and add it to the mixture and stir

STEP 10:

9)Transfer pasta mixture into an oven proof dish

STEP 11:

10)Cook in oven for 20 mins (if you want the pasta to have a crispy texture on top cook for a further 10 mins)

STEP 12:

11)Divide into 2 bowls and season with pepper

STEP 13:

ENJOY 😀