Quick & Easy Creamy Tomato Zucchini Penne
Delicious pasta cooked in a tomato mushroom cream sauce with zucchinis and onions! This quick and easy creamy tomato zucchini penne is ready in 20 minutes with minimal ingredients! A great pasta dish for those busy weeknights.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 lb pasta (penne, fusilli, or rotini )
- 2 cups marinara sauce
- 1.5 cups cream of mushroom soup (canned)
- 2 small zucchinis (thinly sliced into 1/4-inch thick pieces)
- 1 small onion (diced)
- 1/4 cup Italian parsley (chopped)
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp salt (to season pasta water)
- salt (to taste)
- black pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- 1
In a large pot filled with enough water, add 1 tbsp salt. Boil pasta according to package instructions. Reserve 1/4 cup of the starchy pasta water and set aside. Strain pasta.
- 2
Heat olive oil in a large pan on medium heat. Sauté onions until softened. Then add in sliced zucchinis and cook until tender and slightly browned on the edges.
- 3
Add marinara sauce, mushroom soup and reserved pasta water to the pan and mix well. Bring sauce to a boil on medium-high heat and then reduce to a simmer on low heat.
- 4
Toss in the chopped parsley.
- 5
Shut off the heat. Toss in strained pasta with the sauce. Remove off heat. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Garnish with more parsley and enjoy!