🍅 Pasta with Homemade Cherry Tomato Sauce

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Fusilli with sautéed cherry tomatoes that break down into a sauce. Quick, fresh, and vegetarian.

⏱️ 20 min🍽️ 2 servings👩‍🍳 Easy🔥 410 calories per serving💪 11 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 6 1/3 oz (180 g) pasta
  • 10.5 oz (300 g) cherry tomatoes
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 1/4 tsp (11 ml) olive oil
  • to taste salt

How to make it, step by step

  1. Cook the pasta in salted water.
  2. Brown the sliced garlic in oil in a skillet over medium heat; add the halved cherry tomatoes.
  3. Crush the tomatoes with the spoon as they cook for 8 minutes, until a sauce forms.
  4. Toss the drained pasta with the sauce, adjust the salt, and serve with fresh basil if you have it.

Nutrition facts (per serving)

410
calories
11 g
protein
66 g
carbs
11 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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