One-Pot Tomato Pasta with Hidden Veg
One-Pot Tomato Pasta with Hidden Veg blends finely grated zucchini and carrot straight into a smooth tomato sauce, so picky eaters get extra vegetables without noticing. It's designed for GLP-1 medication users managing bloating, with a soft, well-cooked texture that's gentle to digest.
Ingredients
- 150 g penne pasta — dry
- 200 ml tomato sauce — passata-style, smooth
- 100 g zucchini — finely grated
- 60 g carrot — finely grated
- 50 g onion — finely diced
- 6 g garlic — minced
- 15 ml olive oil
- 20 g parmesan cheese — grated optional
- 1 g salt optional
Instructions
- Cook the penne pasta a little softer than al dente, according to packet directions.
- While the pasta cooks, gently soften the onion and garlic in olive oil in a large pot.
- Add the grated zucchini, grated carrot and tomato passata, and simmer for 8-10 minutes until the vegetables soften into the sauce.
- Blend the sauce smooth with a stick blender so the hidden vegetables disappear into the texture.
- Toss the drained pasta through the sauce and finish with grated parmesan.
Tips for GLP-1 users
Bloating-friendly: blending the sauce smooth and cooking the pasta softer than al dente both make this easier to digest.
Family scale: use 500g pasta for a x2-2.5 batch (serves 4-6) — the sauce already hides vegetables well for picky eaters, so no extra family-only ingredients are needed.
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