Mixed Vegetable Linguine with Chunky Garlic Tomato Sauce

This is just a simple recipe I put together using simple ingredients. I wanted to taste the ingredients and not mask it with seasonings. Feel free to adjust seasonings to your taste and you can add different vegetables or more vegetables if you please. You can also make your own pasta (I made this on a weekday and used a store bought kind). I hope you enjoy it.

Ingredients for Pasta

  5 oz mushrooms, sliced (I used a mixture of portabello and white buttons)
  3 oz red bell pepper, sliced
  3 oz orange bell pepper, sliced
  3 oz yellow bell pepper, sliced
  5 oz zucchini squash, diced/sliced
  5 oz yellow onion, sliced
  2 cloves of garlic diced finely
  1 package of linguine cooked to instructions on package.
  salt to taste
  black pepper to taste


Ingredients for Chunky Garlic Tomato Sauce

  1 lb tomatoes, diced with seeds
  1 tbsp olive oil
  2 oz shallots, diced
  4 cloves garlic, diced (you can use more if you love garlic)
  3 basil leaves
  3 tsp olive oil
  1/2 cup Vegetable Stock
1/2 tsp pepper flakes (or more to your liking)
to taste salt
to taste white pepper

Method:
 

1. Slice and dice ingredients as shown in pictures below.

2. Heat a saute pan and place the olive oil in the pan. Sweat the onions and garlic together for a couple minutes, making sure not to give them color. 

3. Add the mushrooms and allow them to cook for a couple minutes. Add the sweet peppers and squash and mix together.

4. At this time you can add seasonings. (Remember that you should adjust the seasonings to your taste)...

                        

5. When the vegetables are finished cooking (be careful not to overcook them because you can loose the nutrients (and they can become soggy ), add the pasta to the vegetables. Make sure that they are mixed together quite well. Set this aside (pictured above).

6. Heat a saucepan and add olive oil.

7. Again you are going to sweat garlic, but this time with shallots. Do not brown them, but you want them to get soft.

8. Add the tomatoes, and seasonings. (make sure to adjust seasoning again at the end of cooking). Let the tomatoes cook until it thickens up a bit. Tear basil leaves and add to sauce when its almost finished.

9. To finish and serve, place the linguine and vegetables in the center of a plate, place the chunky tomato sauce over the top and garnish with fresh basil leaves.