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The smell of certain greens always takes me back to those times as a small kid 🥲 And now, as a big kid, I am trying to fix my aversions for SOME veggies (sorry, but mushrooms can eff off 😑)

Here are some yummy recipes that are packed with vegetable goodness, cheap, and so easy to prepare 🥙.

Please beware, I measure with my heart, so I’ve done my best to put it all out for you 😅.

Tomato, red pepper, cauliflower (and other vegetables) pasta.

Lightly roasting the veggies adds so much flavour. And blitzing it all together with some of the starchy pasta water makes for a smooth and delightful sauce.

🔴 Start by preheating your oven or airfryer to 200C.

🔴 Place your vegetables on a baking tray: whole red bell peppers, halved tomatoes, washed and halved carrots, cauliflower florets, and two garlic bulbs* with the tops cut off. Cut an onion into quarters. *Wrap your garlic in some foil to prevent it from burning before the veggies have time to cook.🧅🧄🌶🍅

🔴 Season your vegetables with salt and pepper, paprika, chilli flakes and dried herbs. Rub your spices all over the veggies with some oil.🧂

🔴 Roast your vegetables until tender (approx. 15-30 mins) The bell peppers and tomatoes will char slightly, this is great roasty flavour! *This step also goes very quick in the airfryer, making this an easy weeknight meal!

🔴 Cook your pasta of choice in salted boiling water. Reserve some of the pasta water when draining the pasta.

🔴 Remove your veggies from the oven. Remove the garlic from their foil casings, and squeeze the soft garlic cloves on the vegetables. While piping hot (🔥) place the veggies into a:

• Big pot. And blend it all together with an immersion stick blender, adding some of the reserved pasta water for your desired consistency.
• Or…into a food processor/stand blender. And blitz everything, with some of the starchy pasta water until you reach your desired consistency.

🔴 Add mixture to a pot, turn the heat onto a medium flame and check for seasonings…is it salty enough? Does it need a bit of sugar?

🔴 You can totally amp up the creamy factor with some cream or coconut cream. Or you can add in some cheese! Combine with sauce with the pasta or serve separately. 🍝

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And how do you like that!? It’s a tomato sauce pasta with added veggies and yumminess!

Let me know some of your favourite ways you hide veggies in your dishes.

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