Roasted Vegetable Puttanesca Pasta

Savory, salt and briny, this wonderful Roasted Vegetable Puttanesca Pasta is easy enough for a casual night and impressive enough for company.

It’s not too surprising that this is the fourth puttanesca-inspired recipe on Cookin’ Canuck. I’m a sucker for anything salty, briny with those ever-welcome “umami” flavors. It all started with puttanesca shrimp bowls, then quickly moved to puttanesca cauliflower and a chicken and spaghetti squash recipe with…you guessed it…puttanesca sauce.

If you’re unfamiliar with puttanesca, it’s a classic Italian sauce that combines crushed tomatoes, capers, olives and anchovies. I promise that there’s no reason to run away from the anchovies in this sauce. They practically melt into the hot olive oil and provide a subtle, savory background flavor. Of course, if you prefer to make this dish vegetarian, then feel free to leave out the anchovies.

In this roasted vegetable puttanesca pasta, I cut zucchini and eggplant into rounds, brushed them with olive oil, seasoned with salt and pepper, and roasted in the oven until the vegetables were tender and golden brown. Save yourself some time by cooking the sauce and the pasta while the vegetables are roasting. Once they’re chopped, you’ll be all set to throw everything together and serve up a piping hot meal.

For the recipe, head over to my post on The Pioneer Woman.

Other puttanesca inspired recipes:

Cookin’ Canuck’s Cauliflower in Puttanesca Sauce
Cookin’ Canuck’s Chicken Puttanesca with Spaghetti Squash
Foraged Dish’s Seared Tuna with Puttanesca Sauce
Garlic & Zest’s Tuna White Bean Puttanesca
What Jew Wanna Eat’s Shakshuka Puttanesca

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it on Instagram! Just use the hashtag #COOKINCANUCK and I’ll be sure to find it.

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Roasted Vegetable Puttanesca Pasta Recipe

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Prep Time 30 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 50 mins

Roasted Vegetable Puttanesca Pasta…There’s so much flavor in every bite of this healthy pasta recipe! 363 calories and 7 Weight Watchers SmartPoints

Yields Serves 4

Ingredients

• 1 lb. eggplant, cut into 1/4-inch slices
• 1/2 lb. zucchini, cut into 1/4-inch slices
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 4 tsp olive oil, divided
• 8 oz. penne pasta
• 1/2 yellow onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 anchovies, minced
• 1/2 tsp ground oregano
• 1 (28 oz.) can crushed tomatoes
• 1/4 cup pitted & sliced kalamata olives
• 2 tbsp capers
• 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
• 1/4 cup minced flat-leaf parsley
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

1. Head to The Pioneer Woman for the recipe instructions.

by From the kitchen of cookincanuck.com

Recipe Notes

Weight Watchers Points: 7 (Smart Points), 10 (Points+), 7 (Old Points)

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