Easy Creamy One Pot Pasta Recipe / The Starch Solution

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and adds a cheesy flavor.

Heat a little bit of water in a pot.

Add 1 onion and sauté until translucent.

Add 1 heaping teaspoon of minced garlic and sauté for about a minute, adding more water if necessary to prevent burning.

Stir in 2 tablespoons of tomato paste.

Add 1 pint of cherry tomatoes.

Add spices: salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, onion powder, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes (exact amounts in the description).

Pour in 2 cups of veggie broth and 2 cups of plant milk, and stir well.

Add 12 ounces of gluten-free penne pasta and bring to a boil.

Cover and let simmer for 10 minutes.

Add 5 ounces of spinach and turn the heat off, stirring in 1/3 cup of nutritional yeast until the spinach wilts down.

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