
CREAMY TOMATO & SPINACH PENNE (ONE POT PASTA)

A creamy, flavour-packed one pot pasta with cherry tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach and green olives. Ready in 15 minutes with barely any washing up.

Hello, dear readers. Rita here. Today we're bringing you a recipe that brings together the best of two distinct worlds: flavour and convenience. It's our take on the ever-popular "one pot pasta", a dish that comes together in a single pan, with minimal prep and very few steps to follow. One pan, plenty of flavour, and a truly tiny amount of washing up that won't put a dampener on anyone's mood.
Italian food is well loved all around the world, and it's not hard to see why. Italian cooking is very accessible, generous even: it is abundant in flavours, makes use of rather simple ingredients, and m way a well-made dish can be both so effortless and so special at the same time. The one pot concept fits right into that spirit: quality ingredients, a straightforward process, and results that speak for themselves.
For this version, we went with a combination of Mediterranean ingredients we keep coming back to: fresh cherry tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, green olives, spinach and a creamy sauce made with white wine and soy cream. It's the kind of dish you actually want to make (and eat), even in the middle of a hectic week. Ready before you've had time to second-guess the decision to cook!











- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- 300 g of penne (or any pasta of your choice, including gluten-free)
- 300 g of cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 6–7 pieces of sun-dried tomatoes in oil, roughly chopped
- ⅓ cup (50 g) of pitted green olives, sliced
- 2 cups (500 ml) of vegetable stock
- 1 carton (200 ml) of soy cream
- ⅓ cup (80 ml) of white wine
- 1 tablespoon of tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon of sea salt
- ½ teaspoon of ground black pepper
- 2 large handfuls of spinach leaves
To serve
- fresh basil leaves
- vegan parmesan
Start by gathering, preparing and measuring all of the ingredients. This will improve your dynamic in the kitchen.
- Add all the ingredients except the spinach to a large, wide pan and stir to combine.
- Bring to the boil over high heat, then cover and reduce to medium heat.
- Cook for the time indicated on your pasta packaging, stirring occasionally.
- In the last 2 minutes, remove the lid, add the spinach and stir to combine. Cover again and leave to finish cooking.
- Serve topped with fresh basil leaves and grated vegan parmesan.
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