Fast Weeknight Creamy Tomato Pasta Dinner Recipe

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4P Foods’ Marinara Sauce with Scratch Pasta is the perfect weeknight combination all year round for when dinner seems like mission im-pasta-bowl. This recipe serves 4 people and makes a simple leftover vegetarian lunch. You will need a pot for boiling pasta, a saucepan to make your sauce in, and stove top for this recipe. Follow this recipe and you will have delicious pasta in about 25 minutes.

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Ingredients

  • 8 oz. fusilli Scratch Pasta

  • 2 tbsp. butter

  •  2 cloves of garlic, minced

  • 1 ¾ cup Marinara Sauce

  • ¾ cup heavy cream

  • ¼ tsp. Italian seasoning

  • Salt and pepper to taste

  • Grated parmesan cheese to taste


Directions

In a large pot, add water and a generous amount of salt. Bring the salted water to a boil. Add in the fusilli pasta. Cook according to package instructions.

While the pasta is cooking, melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat and then add in your minced garlic. Saute the minced garlic for one minute while you stir continuously. Add in your tomato sauce, cream, and Italian seasoning. Then, stir and allow the sauce to simmer. Once the sauce has reached your desired thickness, taste and add in as much salt and pepper as you like.

Drain your pasta and add it into your sauce. Stir to coat the pasta in the sauce. Serve immediately with grated parmesan cheese on top. Enjoy!