All the best flavours of classic spaghetti with a modern twist of roasted vegetables and fresh herbs Spaghetti is fantastic, no questions asked. The sweet flavour of the pasta mixed with the rich notes of sauce, mingling with cheese to top it off. However, what do I like even more? When you can simply throw in some roasted vegetables to make the dish seasonal, original, and differentiated, centering around the Basic Cooking Technique of roasting. Why Is This Sauce Worth It To You?Inspired from the “Silky Bell Pepper Sauce” recipe from Thug Kitchen, I love how easy it is to create a new and inventive sauce at home. Did you know that it’s extremely easy to make a fresh version, instead of going out to eat? Not only that, but by using fresh vegetables and herbs, the tastes blend in an entirely new way, unlike traditional pasta sauce from the jar, while keeping it seasonal. Why Is This Sauce Worth It To The Environment?By making this recipe from home, you do two things. First, utilizing fresh ingredients not only supports your health but also the local economy and farmers, which gives less power to large grocery chains which contribute to the 33% of all food annually being wasted globally, which then usually ends up in landfills. By putting fresh vegetables into your pasta sauce, you are saving food. Moreover, it’s vegetarian - yay - and mainly uses local and canned ingredients, lowering the environmental footprint by increasing your intake of vegetable matter, which is much less resource intensive than products of the meat industry. To learn more about food waste and how to improve your kitchen sustainability, visit my Learn page! How To Make It Your Own?One more thing- and probably the most significant, is the interchangeable ingredients. A large part of becoming sustainable when it comes to food is eating locally and seasonally, rather than serving up some bell peppers which were grown on another continent. I have tested several different versions of this recipe, and can guarantee that all of these substitutions for bell peppers (keeping the amount the same) are delicious in the sauce.
However, my favourite is bell peppers, due to the light and sweet taste they add to the sauce. Feel free to mix and match the ingredients, adding in less or more vegetable matter as you please, the 580g is a guideline to ensure a more precise portion of sauce. How To Add ProteinOf course, this recipe does have a lot of nutritional value, but lacks in protein. If you are a vegetarian or vegan, definitely stir in some beans - my favourite is pinto or cannellini - to the final sauce, adding some creamy and nutty notes. If you would rather opt for some meat, I would recommend some lean chicken and my favourite recipe which goes with everything is a Seared and Baked chicken recipe which I’ll link to here. Below is the bell pepper version of the recipe, which is my personal favorite. In my book, this recipe is sustainable based on my self set sustainability guidelines which you can find on my About page, and guaranteed to be delicious. Roasted Veggie Spaghetti
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Ashu
12/15/2020 09:05:04
Hey Clara really good job on making this recipe I really enjoyed it especially when the bell peppers really played out with the the spaghetti good job.
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