The BEST Tomato Feta Penne Pasta Recipe For Busy Days

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta

Goat cheese provides a similar tangy flavor with fewer calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is more affordable and has a neutral flavor.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: pecorino cheese

Pecorino is often less expensive and offers a similar salty flavor.

cherry tomatoes

🥗Healthier: heirloom tomatoes

💰Cheaper: canned tomatoes

Canned tomatoes are budget-friendly and still provide great flavor.

Peel and chop one onion.

Heat a cold pan with olive oil and start cooking.

Cut cherry tomatoes in half, leaving some whole for sauce texture.

Get water boiling with a generous amount of salt.

Add halved tomatoes and chopped onion to the pan and continue cooking.

Peel and chop four to five cloves of garlic and add to the pan.

Cut fresh basil and add half of it to the sauce.

Add Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper to taste.

After 10 minutes, mash the tomatoes, stir, and cover with a lid.

Cook the penne pasta in the boiling salted water and set aside some pasta water.

Cut butter and set aside.

Chop the rest of the basil and set aside.

Add cooked pasta to the sauce.

Add reserved pasta water to the mixture.

Add feta cheese and stir everything together.

Add butter and season again with salt and pepper.

Stir and bind all ingredients together.

Finish off with the rest of the basil before serving.

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