Recipe
Vegetarian Pasta
Ingredients
- 16 oz penne pasta
- 1 onion
- ½ cup carrots
- 1 cup zucchini or squash
- 2 Tbsp oil
- 1 jar marinara sauce
- 1 package firm tofu
- ⅓ cup milk
- ¼ tsp salt
- Dash of nutmeg
Directions
- Cook pasta using package directions. Prepare sauce while pasta cooks.
- Peel and rinse the onion.
- Dice onion into ¼-inch pieces.
- Rinse, peel, and grate carrots.
- In a large skillet over medium-low heat, heat oil. Add onions and cook for 5 minutes. Add grated carrots and cook 5 minutes more.
- Add marinara sauce to vegetables. Drain tofu. Crumble into sauce. Mix well.
- Raise heat to medium. Cook until sauce begins to simmer, about 7 minutes.
- Pour in milk. Stir to combine.
- Pour sauce over cooked, drained pasta. Just before serving, add salt and nutmeg. Stir.
