Easy Vegan Shortcut Salsa Pasta with Roasted Zucchini and Tomatoes
This easy vegan salsa pasta with tender roasted zucchini is seriously delicious and completely vegan. Amazing ready in under 25-minutes, chewy pasta, blistered juicy tomatoes, and a creamy spicy vegan salsa sauce, all topped with fresh basil. Yum.This easy vegan salsa pasta with roasted zucchini and tomatoes is incredibly simple to make and so so tasty. Think spicy, juicy salsa pasta sauce clinging to tender chewy pasta. It’s creamy, savory, rich, and doesn’t require a lot of complicated ingredients.
Ingredients
- 1 pound Pasta of your choice Screws, Penne, or rigatoni
- 2 cups Cherry Tomatoes
- 2 Golden Zucchinis Cut into slices
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 tbsp Oregano
- 1 tbsp Dried Basil
- 1 tsp Sea salt
- 2 cups Salsa Sauce Homemade or store-bought
Homemade 5-minute Salsa Sauce
- 2 14oz cans Diced Tomatoes
- 3 cloves Garlic Finely chopped
- 1 medium Red Onion Cut into quarters
- 1 bunch Fresh Cilantro or Fresh Basil
- 1 Fresh Jalapeño Seeds removed, cut into chunks
- Juice from ½ Lemon or lime
- 1 tsp Oregano
- 1 tsp Sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450F on grill setting.
- Add the tomatoes and sliced zucchini to a baking tray lined with baking paper and drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt, oregano, and basil and cook in the oven for 10-15 minutes or until the tomatoes are lightly charred.
- While the vegetables are roasting in the oven, cook the pasta as instructed on the package.
- Next, make the salsa pasta sauce while the pasta is boiling. Put all the salsa sauce ingredients into a blender and blend until everything is finely chopped. You may need to scrape down the mixture a few times to make sure everything is blended together.
- Once the pasta has cooked, drain away the water and add the pasta to a large bowl. Pour 2 cups of the salsa sauce over the pasta and toss to coat the pasta in the sauce. Add the roasted zucchini and tomatoes to the pasta and top with fresh chopped basil. Serve and enjoy.
Notes
Put any leftover salsa sauce into a clean container and store it in the refrigerator.