Vegetarian Skillet Pasta

Delight your entire family with this delicious one-pot vegetarian pasta dish with pasta, tomato sauce, spinach, and bell pepper.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 240 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 bell pepper, diced
• 4 cups water, or more as needed
• ½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 bunch fresh spinach, chopped
• 1 (12 ounce) package fiber-enriched rotini (such as Ronzoni® SmartTaste®)
• 1 (26.5 ounce) can pasta sauce (such as Classico®)
• 6 tablespoons low-fat ricotta cheese

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Add onion and bell pepper and cook until onion is soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add spinach and saute until just wilted, about 3 minutes. Pour in dry rotini pasta and stir in 4 cups water, pasta sauce, salt, and pepper.

Step 2

Cover skillet and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir pasta, adding a little more water if contents seem too dry. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes more.

Step 3

Reduce heat to low and stir in Parmesan cheese. Add tablespoon-sized scoops of ricotta cheese decoratively on top of the pasta. Cover and cook until Parmesan has melted and ricotta has heated through, 3 to 5 minutes.