With traditional pizza ingredients, including onions, garlic, mushrooms, and fresh basil, this dish tastes great, and it also cooks up quickly.
Pizza Pasta
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: 4 (makes about 7 cups) 1x
Ingredients
- 3 cups dry/uncooked fusilli or penne pasta
- 10 medium brown or white mushrooms, sliced (about 4 cups)
- 1 medium yellow or white onion, chopped (about 2 cups)
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic (4 to 5 medium cloves)
- 2 cans diced tomatoes (14.5 ounces each; about 3 cups total)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 cup loosely packed fresh basil, chopped
- 1 ounce walnuts or raw, unsalted cashews (about ¼ cup; for optional garnish)
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to the package instructions. Drain and rinse with cool water, return the pasta to the pot, and set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of water in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. When the water starts to sputter, add the mushrooms and onions, and cook while stirring for about 5 minutes, adding a little water as needed to prevent sticking. Stir in the garlic, and cook for 1 to 2 minutes more.
- Stir in the diced tomatoes (with accompanying liquid) and oregano, then cover and cook for 10 minutes, stirring once or twice.
- Stir the tomato sauce into the pot of pasta, along with the chopped basil. Serve as is, or topped with finely ground cashews or walnuts (using a rotary cheese grater to create a parmesan-like topping).
Notes
Optional vegetables: You may also add in other ingredients that are reminiscent of pizza, like bell peppers, zucchini, and fresh thyme. A handful of chopped fresh greens would also be good (kale, chard, spinach, collards).
I like sweet yellow onions in this recipe, but any kind may be used, even shallots and red onions. If you are a big garlic lover, you may want to add in another clove or two.
Tomatoes: Fresh tomatoes may be used as well, and would be especially good when they are in season. I use salt-free diced tomatoes, but if I can find whole peeled tomatoes that are also salt free, I will use those too.
Sauce: This dish has a light sauce, but if you want more sauce you can add in a half or full 15-oz. can of salt-free tomato sauce, or some tomato paste, with the diced tomatoes.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
Nutrition
- Serving Size: ¼ recipe, 1.75 cups
- Calories: 337
- Sugar: 12.0g
- Sodium: 49mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5g
- Carbohydrates: 61.5g
- Fiber: 6.5g
- Protein: 11.5g
- Cholesterol: 0
Above: garnished with grated walnuts (using a rotary cheese grater).
I'm on the Esselstyn diet. Gluten intolerant too.
Just made your Pizza Pasta.
Terrific!
Thanks for the comment Milton! I think this is a new favorite of mine, so easy too. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
great recipe, loved it!
so simple and delicious, great recipe!
We tried this last night and loved it. Fast and super easy. Can't wait to try out some of your other recipes.
thanks for this recipe...I am really wanting to eat pizza tonight ..I am on week 8 of plant strong diet! too bad it is not loaded with cheese..lol...that old addiction is speaking now 🙂 .
This looks wonderful as do all the recipes. I cannot wait to try. Also on Esselstyn regimen so your blog is a life saver.
This sounds great!! I eat a plant based diet and I love to use spaghetti squash instead of pasta. It's light and delicious along with nutritional and low in calories. My husband loves when I make pasta with spaghetti squash!
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Hi Judy, Me too! Thank you so much, 😉 C
There's not really a good replacement for nutritional yeast (a flaked yeast that tastes like cheese). I'd just leave it out. It's typically found at groceries that have more of health focus. 🙂 -C
I have almonds. Can I use those instead of walnuts or pinenuts?
Yes, but you may want to soak them first since they are so much harder. 🙂
I made this yesterday and it was DELICIOUS! I made it with spaetzle and zucchini, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions. It was great and I froze the leftovers. Thank you!
Made the version of this from your cookbook last night. Used spiralized zucchini instead of pasta. So so so GOOD! Even hubby had seconds! 🙂
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Just made this recipe. Excellent!!!
I made this and loved it, couldn't find the amount for tomato sauce, I put about 8 oz maranara in it , green peppers and olives. Yummy!
Thanks Judy! 🙂 Oops, I said "a can" without saying how big; I just added this; it's about a 15-ounce can. Thanks!
Made this last night after seeing it on FB. Delicious! I added a few extras to it which is one of the things I love about this recipe - so adaptable! THANK YOU!