✨ Caramelized Onion Pasta Recipe | Quick & Easy Dinner with Balsamic Butter Sauce 🍝🧅

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor while being lower in calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and can be used for sautéing.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds provide a similar crunch and are often less expensive.

balsamic vinegar

🥗Healthier: apple cider vinegar

💰Cheaper: red wine vinegar

Apple cider vinegar offers a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

Sauté sliced onions in butter on low heat until deeply caramelized.

Add balsamic vinegar, salt, and oregano. Stir and remove from pan.

In the same pan, melt more butter. Add oregano and red pepper flakes.

Pour in 1 ladle of hot pasta water to create the base sauce.

Add cooked pasta and toss well.

Sprinkle parmesan cheese generously and mix.

Add the caramelized onions back in and mix everything well.

Garnish with parsley and serve hot!

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