My fiance took the car with the car seat with him to work a few days ago.
Being a stay at home mom and trying to cook something healthy that my kids will eat is tough. It gets tougher when you don’t have the luxury of running to the store to grab that one ingredient for something that sounds good to you too. And you don’t realize until it’s 5pm and your kids are HUNGRY.
I wanted to make tofu lasagne last night, but alas….was out of tofu. And cheese. And a lot of things.
So this is my Hail Mary from what I had in my kitchen and my freezer (both of which are looking pretty sad, since it’s our big monthly shopping day this weekend…).
And if the empty plates and kiddos begging for more (and my 2 year old’s spaghetti face) are any indication, it was a success.
Hope you enjoy!
Ingredients
- A package whole wheat spaghetti (or regular, if you don't like whole wheat pasta)
- 1 jar tomato sauce (we like the tomato and basil from Trader Joe's)
- Olive oil
- 1 small can tomato paste
- 1 onion, chopped (we like Walla Walla onions)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced (or pressed, if you have a garlic press)
- About 3 cups of veggies, chopped (we used carrots, kale, broccoli and cauliflower. DEFROST if frozen! I learned that the hard way :)
Instructions
- Start a pot of water to boil for the noodles.
- In a separate saucepan, put enough olive oil to lightly coat the bottom. (I know this is a super scientific measurement. It's about 2 tablespoons.)
- Turn heat for saucepan to medium.
- When oil is heated, carefully put onions in and spread in an even layer over the bottom of the pan. Don't stir!
- When onions are translucent (semi-see-through), add minced/pressed garlic and stir.
- Stirring occasionally (every minute or so), cook onion mixture until the onions brown a bit on the edges and become very fragrant.
- Add tomato paste and stir, cook 2 minutes.
- Add spaghetti sauce and veggies, stir, cover pot and turn heat to low.
- Cook spaghetti according to directions.
- Drain spaghetti and put into big bowl.
- Turn heat under saucepan back to medium and cook 3 more minutes.
- Add sauce to bowl with noodles, stir.
- Eat & enjoy :)
Now it’s you turn! Please link up your healthy recipes below:
Submitted by Libby (@miacupcake) from Bruises in the Frosting. Mom. Derby girl (team FLASH). Baker. PR-friendly blogger. Postpartum doula. Firmly anti-Beeber. Mamavation Grad. AWESOMESAUCE.
I always enjoy a good pasta.
Looks very yummy Libby! I’ve never considered sauteeing garlic with the onions and veggies before, I must try that in the future – thanks for sharing!