Name: Mediterranean Vegetable Spaghetti
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 10 ounces brown rice spaghetti; 1 red bell pepper, cubed small; 1 yellow bell pepper, cubed small; 2 plum tomatoes, sliced into eighths (discard the seeds); Salt; ½ jalapeño (optional); 2 tablespoons dried herbes de Provence; 2 tablespoons tomato purée; 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar or juice of 1 lime; 12 cherry tomatoes, quartered; 1 zucchini, halved then sliced into thin half-rounds; 1 bunch spinach, chopped; Handful of black olives

Prep-time: 10 minutes / Ready In: 20 minutes / Cook Time: 15 minutes
Serves 2
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This pasta dish is the perfect example of delicious simplicity, with its homemade tomato and pepper sauce tossed with brown rice spaghetti and then piled high with black olives, zucchini slices, sautéed spinach, and fresh herbs to create something quite magical!

From DeliciouslyElla.com

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By Ella Woodward, Aug 26, 2014

Ingredients

10 ounces brown rice spaghetti
1 red bell pepper, cubed small
1 yellow bell pepper, cubed small
2 plum tomatoes, sliced into eighths (discard the seeds)
Salt
½ jalapeño (optional)
2 tablespoons dried herbes de Provence
2 tablespoons tomato purée
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar or juice of 1 lime
12 cherry tomatoes, quartered
1 zucchini, halved then sliced into thin half-rounds
1 bunch spinach, chopped
Handful of black olives

Instructions

Bring the pasta water to a boil.
Place the chopped peppers, plum tomatoes, salt, jalapeño (optional) and herbes de Provence into a saucepan. Add ¼ cup water and allow the mix to simmer and gently cook down to form the sauce. If the liquid dries up before the tomatoes and peppers start to release their juice, add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time.
After a few minutes, add the tomato purée and the apple cider vinegar or lime juice.
Cook the spaghetti according to package directions.
Once the tomato and peppers begin to meld into a sauce, add the cherry tomatoes, zucchini slices, and spinach. Mix well and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes.
Drain the pasta, then stir the pasta, olives, and an extra sprinkling of herbes de Provence into the sauce.

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Noodle2 years ago

During cooking I included a finely chopped up garlic clove and half a red onion. Added a sprinkle of nutrional yeast at the end, plus a few cracks of pepper.

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Ella Woodward

Ella Woodward is the author of the food blog DeliciouslyElla.com. She started the blog after being diagnosed with a rare illness called postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) in 2011, which left her unable to get out of bed. When conventional medicine failed, she turned to diet and overnight gave up meat, gluten, dairy, sugar, and anything processed. After 18 months, her illness was in remission. Her blog is all about making healthy eating fun, easy and delicious. You can also find her on Instagram and Twitter.

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