I love serving the spaghetti with a generous amount of parmesan cheese, but if you are vegan, try sprinkling a bit of nutritional yeast on top instead. Toss the pasta with the sauce and serve.While the sauce simmers, cook your pasta.Season and then simmer the sauce until it’s reduced slightly - somewhere between 10 and 15 minutes.Add canned whole tomatoes and break them up a bit with a spoon.Throw in your vegetables and cook until tender.Stir in garlic, spices, and tomato paste.Soften chopped onions in olive oil over medium heat.Here are the basic steps you’ll need to follow (the full recipe is below): Making this pasta loaded with vegetables is simple, better yet, it’s fast! Making Veggie Pasta From Scratch We have provided a few alternatives in the notes section below. Trader Joe’s has even started to sell their own version. You can make it yourself ( here are the instructions) or buy it. We’ve used it before in our recipes (see our gravy recipe). It adds a rich umami flavor to the sauce and is our secret weapon when making meatless recipes. Mushroom powder - Okay, now this one is optional, but for the best, most flavorful vegetarian pasta, we highly recommend using mushroom powder. Dried herbs like oregano, crushed red pepper flakes also make the sauce delicious. Other herbs work, too (parsley and mint add a different flavor, but are excellent). Herbs and spices - When we have it in the kitchen, we add fresh basil. You can also use blanched, peeled fresh tomatoes - tips for peeling fresh tomatoes are found in our homemade pasta sauce recipe. Just after adding them to the pot, we crush them a little with a spoon so they fall apart into a chunky sauce. Onion, garlic, and tomato paste - These provide a base flavor for the simple sauce.Ĭanned whole tomatoes - You can use diced or crushed tomatoes, but we love the texture of whole tomatoes for this recipe. Vegetables - The type of veggies are up to you, but we love zucchini, yellow squash, jarred roasted red peppers, leafy greens, peas, corn, and cabbage. Pasta - Any shape of pasta will do and you can swap in your favorite gluten-free or whole grain pasta if you’d like to. Let’s go through the ingredients really quickly: What You Need to Make Vegetable Spaghetti See how we do it using a spiralizer or if you don’t have one, see our tips for using a mandoline or vegetable peeler. We swap pasta with noodles made from zucchini. If you are looking for a low-carb pasta recipe, try our Guilt-Free Zucchini Noodles. My favorite thing about this vegetarian pasta is that it’s made 100% from scratch so you know every ingredient that goes into the pan. Whole wheat and even gluten-free pasta will work beautifully. You can even swap out the spaghetti for other pasta shapes and types. I like to think of this as a great way to use up any veggie scraps left in the produce drawer. Think of this as a versatile vegetarian pasta recipe that works wonders with a variety of vegetables so you can use whatever you have in the fridge. Related: See 24 must-try pasta recipes our family makes over and over again! How to Make The Best Vegetable Spaghetti
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