Vegan Summer Veggie Sheet Pan Pasta Dinner - Easy and healthy pasta recipe made with zucchini, yellow squash, red onion, and tomato! Perfect for a quick weeknight dinner!
I am SO EXCITED to share this recipe with you today! This recipe is not only easy but it's a perfect way to enjoy delicious summer vegetables with PASTA! Need I say more?!
Ingredients
- Red onion - You can use yellow or white onion if you don't have red onion. When you roast the onion, it brings out the sweetness that pairs very well with other veggies. But I like using red onion because it makes this dish extra colorful!
- Zucchini - Zucchini is in season. That means they are affordable and their nutritional values are at their peak!
- Yellow Squash - Yellow squash can be found right next to zucchini at your grocery store. This is another summer vegetable we should enjoy in abundance!
- Cherry tomato - I love to roast cherry tomatoes because roasting concentrates the sweet flavor and highlights the essence of the tomato. When the roasted cherry tomato is mixed with pasta, some tomato may burst and creates this delicious and subtle tomato sauce for the pasta!
- Extra virgin olive oil - Technically there really isn't a "sauce" for this pasta. But the olive oil in your roasted veggies will be used to coat your pasta and flavor it! So don't be shy with your oil in this recipe!
- Seasoning for the veggies - The seasoning for the veggies is pretty simple. Dried basil, dried thyme, salt, and black pepper! A little bit of basil and thymes will enhance the natural flavor of these beautiful summer veggies.
How to make Oven Roasted Sheet Pan Summer Veggie Pasta
- Roast your summer vegetables (zucchini, yellow squash, red onion, and cherry tomato) in the oven.
- While you are roasting your veggie, cook the pasta according to its package.
- Add your cooked pasta to the roasted summer veggies right onto the sheet pan and mix! Adding the pasta straight to the sheet pan ensures that the flavorful oil from the veggies won't get wasted and coat your pasta.
What to do with leftover veggies
- Topping for your salad - The leftover veggies will be a perfect addition to your salad. I love adding some cooked vegetables to my salad. It gives the salad a different texture as well as different flavor profiles.
- Use them in your wrap - With some mixed green, hummus and leftover roasted vegetable make an amazing lunch!
- Make a sandwich - Have you tried making a roasted vegetable sandwich with some pesto? It is crazy delicious!!! I have a sandwich recipe that uses grilled vegetables (I grilled my vegetable indoor but you can cook the vegetable on an outdoor grill too!).
You see, this is a perfect way to enjoy your summer veggies with pasta. It's quick, easy, simple, healthy, and delicious! Wouldn't you be happy to have this on your dinner table? I think you would!
Happy eating, my friends!
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