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Simple Green Pesto Pasta with Sweet Potatoes

November 7, 2017
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Simple Green Pesto Pasta with Sweet Potatoes and Cherry Tomatoes Recipe

Oh my veggie goodness! Yes, green pasta. This shovel-in-your-mouth noddle dish looks fancy, but it's easy to make and takes about 30 minutes (prep and cook time).

Now, you all know that I love working out and leading a healthy lifestyle. But I will admit, I also like eating out (a lot). This is what I like to call a I-ate-out-too-much-this-week, but I-don't-want-to-cook, and I-want-something-that-tastes-good, like right-now kind of recipe. Come on; you know you have been there!

Have you ever made green pasta right of the box? This pasta is fantastic if you are looking to get your day's worth of veggies. For every 3.5 ounces, you get three servings of veggies. Crazy right? The pasta is made by Ronzoni and is called SuperGreens.

The pasta has been enriched with Spinach, Zucchini, Broccoli, Parsley, and Kale which gives it its green color.

Simple Green Pesto Pasta with Sweet Potatoes and Cherry Tomatoes Recipe

This pesto pasta dish has the following main ingredients:

  • SuperGreen pasta
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Parmesan cheese

For this recipe, I glazed the sweet potatoes in brown sugar and butter. To save time, and to cut out the sugars, bowling them raw and leaving them as-is works too!

I also a used a ready made pesto sauce to save time. As a busy mom, I don't always have enough time to make things from scratch. That's why they invented ready made right? I like the Prego Basil Pesto, which contains no artificial flavors or colors .

Simple Green Pesto Pasta with Sweet Potatoes and Cherry Tomatoes Recipe

Glazed sweet potatoes for Fall, yes please!

Simple Green Pesto Pasta with Sweet Potatoes and Cherry Tomatoes Recipe

Simple Green Pesto Pasta with Sweet Potatoes and Cherry Tomatoes Recipe

This is perfect for any night.

It's simple, healthy, quick, and oh-so-yummy!

If you try the pasta, let me know by tagging me on Instagram. I would love to see what you think. Trust me; you'll say it's way better than the whole grain option.

Simple Green Pesto Pasta with Sweet Potatoes
Recipe Type: Dinner
Author: The Budget Mom
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Total time: 45 mins
Serves: 6
An easy and affordable pesto pasta filled with veggie power! Mixed with brown sugar glazed sweet potatoes and diced cherry tomatoes. Super filling and delicious.
Ingredients
  • 1 12-ounce box Ronzoni SuperGreen Thin Spaghetti
  • 2 pounds sweet potatoes
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 packed brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 1 8-ounce jar of Basil Pesto sauce
Instructions
PASTA
  1. Cook pasta according to box directions
SWEET POTATOES (Yields 5 servings)
  1. Bowl water in medium or large pot
  2. Cut potatoes into bite-sized cubes
  3. Bowl until tender, or until you can stick a fork in them
  4. Drain and cool
  5. Place cooked sweet potatoes in a 2-qt baking dish
  6. In a small saucepan, combine butter and brown sugar; cook and stir until boiling
  7. Pour mixture over potatoes
  8. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes
COMBINE
  1. Warm the pesto sauce in a large skillet
  2. Little-by-little, transfer the cooked pasta to the skillet with the sauce
  3. Boil it all together over medium heat while stirring vigorously
  4. When the sauce has thickened to where it just starts to coat the noodles, remove it from heat and gently combine with Parmesan cheese glazed sweet potatoes. Add extra oil, and/or butter while tossing
  5. Top with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese and sliced cherry tomatoes
Notes
Glazed Sweet Potatoes: For this recipe, I make a bigger-than-normal batch of sweet potatoes. I like to use the leftovers for my meal prep lunches for the week. This recipe yields about 5 servings of sweet potatoes.
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