Pasta with Garden Bolognese Sauce

This Pasta with Garden Bolognese Sauce is weight watching friendly, it’s quick to make, and it’s perfectly filling and delicious.

Pasta with Garden Bolognese

Typical bolognese sauce has a base of meat, usually beef and/or sausage and sometimes other meats. This is a twist on the classic. It has a base of vegetables in a marinara sauce, made rich with red wine. It’s delicious, and it’s the perfect pasta sauce to use in the summer months.

🛒 Ingredients Needed:

• olive oil
• carrot
• onion
• celery
• red and green bell pepper
• portobello mushroom caps
• dried oregano
• garlic cloves
• marinara sauce
• dry red wine
• ziti pasta
• Parmesan cheese

✏️ How to Make Pasta with Garden Bolognese:

*The complete, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the end of this post.

Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the shredded carrots, onion, celery and bell peppers; sauté 10 minutes. Add the mushroom, oregano, and garlic; sauté 2 minutes. Add the marinara sauce and wine, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, and simmer for about 20 minutes. Serve sauce on cooked noodles and cheese sprinkled on top.

➡️ Tips and Substitutions:

• Another assembly option: Spoon the sauce over ziti in a baking dish and sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top. Bake until bubbly.
• Change up the vegetables a bit. Use zucchini, onions and/or different kinds of mushrooms.
• Add some cooked ground beef into the sauce if you wish to make it a meat sauce.
• Use any kind of pasta!

✔️ Make Ahead Tips:

It’s certainly okay to make the sauce ahead of time. Keep in covered and refrigerated for a few days. Then you can warm it up and serve it over hot, cooked pasta. The sauce also freezes well. Freeze in a covered container for up to three months.

❤️ What I Love About This Recipe:

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• Ziti with Vodka Sauce
• Three Cheese Baked Ziti
• Slow Cooker Baked Ziti
• Skillet Baked Ziti
• Ziti Carbonara with Salami

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Pasta with Garden Bolognese Sauce

This pasta is diet friendly, plus it’s quick to make, perfectly filling, and delicious!

Recipe Details

Prep Time: 20 minutes minsCook Time: 32 minutes minsTotal Time: 52 minutes mins
Course: Main CourseCuisine: ItalianKeyword: Bolognese, Pasta
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 298kcal
Author: RecipeGirl.com (via Cooking Light)

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Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 2 cups shredded carrot
• 2 cups chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup chopped red bell pepper
• 1 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1¾ cups (about 1 large mushroom) chopped portobello mushroom caps
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 3 medium garlic cloves, minced
• One 26-ounce jar marinara sauce
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 6 cups hot cooked ziti (about 3 cups uncooked short tubular pasta)
• ¾ cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

Notes

• Cheese option: Spoon the sauce over ziti in a baking dish and sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top. Bake until bubbly.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 298kcal, Carbohydrates: 45g, Protein: 11g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 11mg, Sodium: 851mg, Potassium: 874mg, Fiber: 7g, Sugar: 12g, Vitamin A: 8725IU, Vitamin C: 68mg, Calcium: 185mg, Iron: 2mg