Take Your Time Yummy Pasta
Take Your Time Yummy Pasta
(or just "Yummy Pasta" the name my kids gave it)
Ingredients
- 1 lb Spaghetti
- 2 TBS Olive Oil
- 6 cloves Garlic
- 1 bunch Fresh Basil
- 1/2 tsp Red pepper flakes
- 3 lbs Campari Tomatoes (can sub any ripe tomato)
- Veggies on top!
Instructions
- Heat olive oil, garlic cloves and red pepper flakes in a dutch oven or pot
- Wash tomatoes, cut in half and remove seeds into a strainer that is held over the pot. Seeds to remain in the strainer, liquid and tomato into the pot
- Simmer covered for at least 15 minutes, but the longer the better (up to several hours)
- Cook pasta in boiling water for half the time stated on package directions then strain
- While pasta is cooking, blend sauce in a blender or with an immersion blender
- Add semi-cooked pasta to sauce and continue to cook for the remaining time from the package directions
- Season with salt and pepper and additional red pepper flakes
- Top with any veggies that you desire, my favorite is squash.
Notes
This is yummy pasta. It is so, so good. The longer you let it simmer the better. Some days I will let it simmer for a couple of hours, some days dinner is in an hour and it just gets a few minutes.
Top with veggies of your choice!
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with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutritional Sciences. She is a Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Nutrition Coach through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).
Nadia enjoys providing the guidance and support people need to achieve good health and considers herself their biggest cheerleader when they decide to make their health a priority. As a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Nadia works with clients one on one to help them optimize their health through holistic health practices. She helps reduce the symptoms of chronic illness through nutrition and lifestyle practices, but is not limited to helping anyone who wants to learn how to make better choices. She teaches clients basic kitchen skills, how to read labels and will even do grocery tours. As a personal trainer, Nadia works with clients of all levels, ages and in various settings. She has taught group fitness classes and worked with clients one on one. She emphasizes the importance of staying injury free and building strength to move about their day without pain.
Karissa originally attended Westmont College in beautiful Santa Barbara, and began her B.S. in Psychology, then transferred to Montreat College, in the Appalachian hills of North Carolina, graduating Cum Laude with a B.S. in Music Therapy, and a double minor in Psychology and Music Business.
