Penne Pasta with Roasted Veggies

Submitted by Manda

"Another simple, vegetarian pasta and veggie dish; VERY low in fat and calories, and the balsamic vinegar works it's wonders once again! I eat this often during lent, and leftovers are also good cold the next day."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 (1 lb) eggplant, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 small butternut squash, peeled,seeded,and cut into 1-inch pieces
• 2 zucchini, halved lenghtwise,and cut into 1-inch pieces (1 lb. each)
• 2 red peppers, cored,seeded,and cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 small onion, coarsely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 (16 ounce) box penne pasta
• 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 3 -4 cloves garlic, minced

directions

1. Heat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Coat 2 shallow baking pans with cooking spray.
3. Mix eggplant, squash, zucchini, peppers, onion, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp pepper in large bowl.
4. Coat veggies with cooking spray and toss.
5. Divide between 2 pans.
6. Roast in oven 35 minutes until lightly browned and tender.
7. Cook pasta according to package and drain, reserving 1 cup liquid.
8. Toss veggies, pasta, vinegar, garlic, remaining salt and pepper with enough pasta liquid to moisten.

Reviews

[bebefisher]

I used this recipe for roasting veggies, which I've never tried before, It worked great! I added chopped garlic and served it which mixed grains that I have cooked in the rice cooker (bulgar, quinoa, millet). It was great. I put in in single servings baggies, freeze it, and take it for lunch. I works well both warm and cold. Once I dressed it with a litttle meyer lemon olive oil before serving and that was good too.

 

[daisy M]

Wonderful. I roasted garlic along with the other veggies and also added some sun-dried tomatoes. I added feta as a garnish. The amount of vinegar was right on.