Colorful Pasta in Minutes

It is really a challenge preparing a variety of dishes for Lunch to pack everyday. It is even more challenging to make it healthy. This pasta dish which I make is what everyone in my family loves to take for lunch; cause it is tasty, and healthy as well.

Health Benefits:

• Brightly colored bell peppers, green, red, orange or yellow, are rich sources of some of the best nutrients for vitamin C and vitamin A.
• For atherosclerosis and diabetic heart disease, peppers also contain vitamin B6 and folic acid.
• Red peppers are one of the few foods that contain lycopene.

So, here is what is required to make this:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 box whole wheat pasta
• 2 capsicum or Bell Peppers- ( 1 and 1/2 green and 1/2 red)
• 4 tsp olive oil
• 1 cup Ragu pasta sauce
• 1 tsp crushed red pepper
• salt and pepper to taste

Method:

1. Cook pasta as mentioned in the instructions until soft. Keep 1/4 cup of pasta water before you drain.
2. Drain and keep aside.
3. In a pan, heat olive oil. Add crushed red pepper and also chopped capsicum as shown below.

4. Fry these for 4-5 minutes until the capsicum is soft.

5. Next, add pasta sauce and also the reserved water. As shown below.

6. Let it cook for 4-5 minutes.

7. Finally, add salt and freshly ground pepper and mix well. Than add the drained pasta and mix well.

P.S:

1. You can add onion or any other vegetable you like. My daughter doesn’t like onion in pasta, so I never add it.
2. If you like cheese, you can add that also. I never do.

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