This is loaded with veggies and taste. A really good choice to add to your favorite pastas.
Three Pepper Pasta (Serves 4)
- 500 grams pasta—penne, farfalle, or one you enjoy,
- 1 large onion, diced
- 2 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1-pound mushrooms, sliced into pieces
- ¼ cup vegetable broth or filtered water
- 1 red pepper, diced
- 2 yellow peppers, diced
- 1 orange pepper, diced
- 1½ cups cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 1 zucchini, cut in quarter slices
- 1 tablespoon no salt seasoning
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon Mrs. Dash Extra Spicy or red pepper flakes
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Cashew Parmesan (recipe below and on our website)
Add onion, garlic, mushrooms and vegetable broth to a large pot and cook until mushrooms begin to soften.
While mushrooms are cooking, cook pasta, drain and set aside.
When mushrooms are soft, add peppers, tomatoes, zucchini and seasonings. Cook until vegetables begin to soften.
Add pasta and stir in well.
Top with Cashew Parmesan and serve.
Cashew Parmesan Cheese
- 1⁄4 cup sesame seeds
- 1⁄4 cup cashews
- 1⁄2 cup nutritional yeast
- 1 tablespoon Sumac (Optional to give salty taste)
- 1⁄4 tsp caraway seeds
- 1⁄4 tsp fennel seeds
Put all ingredients in a high-speed blender and blend until it has the chunkiness you like. Don't over-blend or it's like flour.