This Sun Dried Tomato Skillet Pasta is a great mid week dinner the whole family will love. A fully loaded pasta dish with sauteed zucchini and peppers and the addition of sun dried tomato pest for a fantastic flavour. Makes a great dish for lunches, dinners or even as a side dish to the Skillet Chicken in a Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Sauce.

If you follow along with my Blog, you know there’s going to be a lot of quick and easy dinners along the way. Feeding a family on busy days usually requires a dinner that I can have on the dinner in 30 minutes flat. And I know you guys are all on board with quick dinner’s too, right? It’s what mid week meals are all about for me. And here’s what sums up this dish in a nutshell.

What Makes This Dinner so great

• It’s all done on the stove top
• On the table in under half an hour
• Easy to make
• Delicious

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Ingredients

• 8 oz penne pasta
• 1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes
• 1/2 Cup Parmesan cheese finely grated
• 1 Red pepper cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 Zucchini halved length ways and cut into 1/2 inch slices
• 2 cloves garlic crushed
• 2 Tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• Small bunch of fresh chopped parsley

REMEMBER, The full recipe and instructions is always found at the end of the post in the recipe card.

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Instructions

• Cook the vegetables – In a large skillet, add the olive oil and garlic. Stir for a minute. Add the peppers and zucchini and stir well. Cook over medium heat for 15 – 18 minutes until soft and cooked well. Add the sun dried tomatoes and stir.
• Cook the pasta – Cook and drain the pasta while the vegetables are cooking.
• Combine the dish – Add the cooked pasta to the skillet and stir well. Add all the seasonings, the fresh parsley and the parmesan cheese. Stir well.
• Serve – Serve immediately.

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Recipe Tips

• Cooking times – this dish comes together pretty quickly. It’s best to cook the pasta while the vegetables are cooking so they are both ready at the same time.
• Adding the cheese – it’s important to add the cheese after you add the pasta. If you add it to the vegetables before you add the pasta it will clump together in the warm vegetables.
• Type of sun dried tomatoes – the best type of sun dried tomatoes to use in this recipe are the ones that are packed in oil. They give so much flavour.

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Substitutions

• Pasta – I used penne pasta but you could easily use spirals or short cut macaroni as well.
• Red bell pepper – I chose to use a red bell pepper mostly for colour. Green or yellow peppers would work.
• Fresh herbs – I chose to use fresh parsley for this recipe, but you don’t need to add if you don’t have any. Or alternatively, you could use dried parsley or even fresh basil.
• Sun dried tomatoes – there are really what give this dish so much flavour. However you could substitute the sun dried tomatoes for sun dried tomato pesto. Just use about three tablespoons.

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Frequently Asked questions

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