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Try out this easy creamy tomato pasta recipe in less than 30 mins! It includes rigatoni pasta, tomato puree and cream. Serve as lunch/dinner.
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About this Recipe
While fancy mealsare always fun and exciting, sometimes it feels good to go back to basics. Wethink about some of the staple foods, like pasta with tomato sauce, and thinkabout how often we eat it. Pasta is always around, and it can be a great mealwhen you’re in the mood for something filling.
Plus, it’s affordable and healthy! For this recipe, we used classic rigatoni pasta, although we recommend brown or whole-wheat pasta if you’re looking to cut down on your carb intake.
How to Eat Pastaand Stay Healthy
Pasta seems likea bad word to those who are looking to lose weight and reduce their intake ofcarbs. But the secret lies with how much you eat it, not whether you eat it atall. In Rome, Italians suggested that pasta should be eaten in practice withMediterranean eating styles, rather than Western eating habits.
Most pasta, like rigatoni, has a low glycemic count, so it isn’t naturally unhealthy to eat. But it should be eaten in tandem with plenty of healthy ingredients, including tomatoes and fresh vegetables so you are still getting a well-rounded dose of dietary nutrients.
Go forth andenjoy eating pasta!
How to Make the Easy Creamy Tomato Pasta Recipe
This is a verysimple dish to make. All you need to do is follow the steps below:
1. Boil a pot of water and add 200 g of rigatoni (or the pasta alternative of your choice). Cook it for 8-12 minutes and then remove it from heat. It should still be hard and not cooked all the way through at this point.
2. Heat up somesunflower oil or olive oil in a medium saucepan. Add ¾ cup of tomato puree andstir for 1 minute while it cooks.
3. Then, pour in¼ cup of double cream. Stir to mix it with the tomato puree and season it witha pinch of salt, ½ teaspoon of garlic powder, and ½ teaspoon of onion powder. You canalso add a few pinches of mixed herbs at this time. Splash some lemon juice onit and mix it all together. Let it simmer for up to 10 minutes on low heat.
4. After 10minutes, add the rigatoni. Stir it all together and let everything cook for afew more minutes. If the mixture is too dry, you can add a little bit of waterto your liking.
5. Serve on adish and enjoy!
The Secret ofReheating
In some cases, pasta may be even healthier for you if it’s reheated. This means that you can refrigerate it and then reheat it after a day or two, and it will have less starch than before. Sometimes, reheating pasta will turn it into a resistant starch which means it won’t affect your natural glucose levels. Plus, it will make you feel more full, preventing you from the temptation of overeating!
Alternatives
This recipe works with any type of pasta:
- Penne
- Linguine
- Tagliatelle
- Spaghetti
You can also add spinach or mushrooms to this dish.
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Easy Creamy Tomato Pasta Recipe
Jen Sim
Try out this easy creamy tomato pasta recipe. In this recipe we used rigatoni pasta but feel free to use any pasta of your choice!
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: pasta, tomato, vegetarian
Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
Servings: 3 people
Author: Jen Sim
Ingredients
- 200 g of rigatoni
- ¾ cup of tomato puree
- ¼ cup of double cream
- A splash of lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon of onion powder
- ½ teaspoon of garlic powder
- A pinch of oregano
- a pinch of salt
- A splash of sunflower oil
Instructions
Boil a pot of water and add 200g of rigatoni (or the pasta alternative of your choice). Cook it for 8-12 minutes and then remove it from heat. It will still be hard. It should not be cooked all the way through at this point.
Heat up some sunflower oil or olive oil in a medium saucepan. Add ¾ cup of tomato puree and stir for 1 minute while it cooks.
Then, pour in ¼ cup of double cream. Stir to mix it with the tomato puree and season it with a pinch of salt, ½ teaspoon of garlic powder, and ½ teaspoon of onion powder. You can also add a few pinches of oregano at this time. Splash some lemon juice on it and mix it all together. Let it simmer for up to 10 minutes on low heat.
After 10 minutes, add the rigatoni. Stir it all together and let everything cook for a few more minutes. If the mixture is too dry, you can add a little bit of water to your liking.
Serve on a dish and enjoy!
Notes
This recipe works with any type of pasta:
- Penne
- Linguine
- Tagliatelle
- Spaghetti
You can also add spinach or mushrooms to this dish.
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