A Very Veggie Pasta and Cheat's Garlic Bread

This meal was made up on the spot based on the foods I already had! The boy loves pasta, so it's pretty easy to bulk up a pasta sauce with lots of veggies without him taking too much notice! This is a great meal to freeze too.

For this I used:

1/2 white onion

1 garlic clove

Handful fresh basil

Dried thyme 

1 small carrot 

1/4 butternut squash 

1/3 red bell pepper

Handful cherry tomatoes

Handful spinach

1/2 tin plum tomatoes

1 tbsp tomato purée 

Pasta (I used soup pasta as its small)

Olive oil

Dice all veg in preparation.

In a saucepan heat the onion, carrot and butternut squash with a little oil until sautéed. Then add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the tinned tomatoes, tomato paste and herbs. Then add the bell pepper and cherry tomatoes. Cook until all veg is soft. Then add the spinach. Cook until spinach is wilted and you are done! 

This is such a quick recipe to make and can obviously be adapted to suit you with whatever veg and herbs you already have. I managed to make up a batch of this whilst the boy was napping! And had enough time after to have a bit of time to myself! Perfect!! 

For the Cheat's garlic bread you will need:

1 slice bread

1 garlic clove

Butter

Parsley

Toast the bread. Then rub one clove of garlic over the toast. Butter and sprinkle parsley over the top. This is also good toasted under the grill with cheese on! Just remember the garlic is essentially raw, so will taste strong!