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CREAMY TOMATO & SPINACH PENNE (ONE POT PASTA)

Top-down view of a bowl of creamy tomato and spinach penne next to the serving pan, garnished with fresh basil

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!

Flat lay of ingredients for creamy tomato and spinach penne, including cherry tomatoes, spinach, olives and soy cream
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Creamy Tomato & Spinach Penne (One Pot Pasta)
Creamy Tomato & Spinach Penne (One Pot Pasta)
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4 portions
15 minutes
Ingredients
  • 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
Instructions

Start by gathering, preparing and measuring all of the ingredients. This will improve your dynamic in the kitchen.

  1. Add all the ingredients except the spinach to a large, wide pan and stir to combine.
  2. Bring to the boil over high heat, then cover and reduce to medium heat.
  3. Cook for the time indicated on your pasta packaging, stirring occasionally.
  4. In the last 2 minutes, remove the lid, add the spinach and stir to combine. Cover again and leave to finish cooking.
  5. Serve topped with fresh basil leaves and grated vegan parmesan.
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