Easy Hidden Veg Pasta Sauce
An easy to prepare pasta sauce with hidden veggies that you could serve with pasta and a salad or boiled veggies on the side. It takes just 10 minutes to prepare the vegetables, and then you let the oven do all the hard work. For babies under 12 months leave the salt out, or for older kids and adults, add some salt and spices for some extra flavor. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 4 tomatoes
- 1-2 celery sticks
- ½ onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 bell pepper
- 1 carrot
- ½ cup cream cheese (110gr or 4oz)
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- 3 cups pasta
Instructions
- Cut the tomatoes into quarters. Cut the carrot, onion, celery sticks and pepper into big chunks. Peel the garlic cloves.
- Add all the veggies to a tray and drizzle with the olive oil.
- Bake in a preheated oven to 375℉ / 190℃ for 45 minutes.
- While the veggies are cooling down, cook the pasta. Reserve half a cup of water for the sauce.
- Add the vegetables to a blender with the cream cheese and ¼ cup of the pasta water. Blend until smooth. If needed, add more of the pasta water.
- Transfer the sauce to a pan and add the ground pepper. Turn on the heat to medium.
- Add the cooked pasta and the remaining pasta water. Mix everything well until it's hot and all pasta covered with the sauce.
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Notes
- Reserve half a cup of pasta water for the sauce.
- You could use 2-3 sweet mini peppers instead of a bell pepper.
- For older kids and adults, add some salt to the sauce or when serving the pasta.
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