Pasta With Vegetable Sauce

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb pasta (spaghettis)
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 onion
• 2 carrots (peeled)
• 1 eggplant
• 1 red pepper
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon sun-dried tomatoes or 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 3 stalks celery
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder or 1 teaspoon minced garlic clove
• 4 bay leaves
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil or 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 tablespoon red pepper (crushed)
• salt and black pepper

Recipe

• 1 clean, rinse and chop the vegetables.
• 2 coat the chopped eggplants with half tablespoon oil and black pepper; bake them uncovered for 10 minutes.
• 3 sauté the onion with oil; add all ingredients except the eggplant and crushed hot pepper; cook the vegetables for 10 minutes;.
• 4 add the eggplant, crushed hot pepper; cook for five minutes and remove from heat.
• 5 boil the spaghettis for 6-7 minutes and strain; serve it hot with the vegetable sauce.