Garlic Butter & Tomato Pasta

This Garlic Butter & Tomato Pasta is a great solution for using up your bounty of fresh garden tomatoes, but tomatoes from the farmers market or grocery store will work well, too.

As the sauce cooks, the tomatoes release their juices, creating a buttery, garlicky tomato sauce. I added some sliced, pre-cooked chicken sausage to ours, but you can leave it out for a meatless meal, which is just as good.

How to Make Garlic Butter & Tomato Pasta

To make the sauce, heat the butter, olive oil, fresh minced garlic, and Italian seasoning in a skillet. Add the tomatoes and cook until they are soft and have released their juices.

Toss in a couple of large handfuls of fresh spinach, and continue cooking until it wilts.

Before drain the pasta, reserving 1/4 cup of the cooking water. Add this to the skillet with the tomatoes, and then drain the pasta.

Note: You can make this recipe even easier by using fresh pasta from the refrigerated section of the grocery store. No need to boil, just toss the fresh pasta directly into the skillet with the tomato mixture, and allow to heat through and soften to al dente.

Add the Parmesan cheese, season with salt and pepper, then toss until the cheese melts and noodles are coated with sauce.

Serve with some crusty bread to sop up every bit of that buttery, garlicky, tomato-y sauce.

FAQs

What kind of tomatoes should I use?

I used a mixture of red and yellow cherry tomatoes from my garden, but this recipe is so versatile. Choose whatever you have on hand, or whatever looks freshest at the market. If you’re using regular tomatoes, just give them a rough chop into chunks.

What kind of pasta works best?

I prefer a long noodle for this recipe, like linguine or spaghetti, but you could certainly substitute your favorite shape of pasta, or whatever you have in your pantry.

To save even more time, I used linguine from the refrigerated section of the grocery store, eliminating the need to boil it first. You can just add this type of fresh pasta directly to the sauce, and let it heat through.

How can I add extra protein?

I sliced a couple of chicken sausage links from Trader Joe’s into our pasta, because they are pre-cooked and therefore don’t add any extra effort or mess to this one-pot, 30-minute meal. But, cooked shrimp or chicken would make a great addition, too.

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