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
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
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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.
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.
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.
Frequently Asked questions
Sun Dried Tomato Pesto is pesto made with sun dried tomatoes, parmesan cheese, and olive oil. Sometimes it has the addition of pine nuts as well. It gives a great flavour to pasta dishes for a quick and easy dinner like this one.
No, these are two very different things all together. Sun dried tomatoes are tomatoes they are dried and dehydrated and often packed in oil. Tomato paste is a concentrate made from cooked tomatoes.
Yes, these are ready to consume. Just make sure to drain them and pat the excess oil off with paper towels.
Sun Dried Tomato Skillet Pasta
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
Instructions
- 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 and drain the pasta while the vegetables are cooking.
- Add the cooked pasta to the skillet and stir well. Add all the seasonings, the fresh parsley and the parmesan cheese. Stir well.
- Serve immediately.
*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
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