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Experience the deliciousness of fettuccine pasta with fresh tomato, lemon, and basil sauce. A quick and easy meal that’s perfect for busy nights.

Quick Lunch or Dinner Fettucine Pasta

Fettuccine pasta is one of my favorite recipes, especially when creating a fresh tomato, lemon, and basil sauce, an easy pasta sauce.

I turn to this pasta dish when I’m not in the mood to cook a big evening meal or get into anything too fancy.

It has fresh ingredients, and it is one of those 30-minute meals that you just can’t complain about.

Budget-Friendly Meatless Meal

This is a meatless pasta dish because we don’t tend to eat meat every single night of the week, as that would weigh heavy on the grocery budget.

Meatless meals are great to include in your weekly meal plan as they take no effort at all to create, and you can make them very tasty.

A small portion of pasta mixed with a lovely tomato salad on the side is the perfect meal for two or a family with hungry kids.

Sometimes, when I’m in the mood for something with some meat, I’ll make a sausage fettuccine or add some fresh shrimp to make a shrimp fettuccine pasta dish.

As long as you have the sauce base and the noodles, you can add whatever else you like to the dish to jazz it up.

For anyone who wants to add shrimp instead of just vegetables, that’s another quick optional ingredient.

Fresh Vegetables From The Garden

This is one of those creamy pasta recipes that isn’t heavy on cream to reduce the number of calories.

I create the creamy sauce with extra virgin olive oil, Parmigiano cheese, and a bit of pasta water to help it stick.

One of the things I like about gardening is that I get to grow herbs all summer long.

I grow lots of basil each summer, and near the end of the season, I make fresh basil garlic cubes.

In the winter, I toss in a couple of these cubes to the sauce, and you have a lovely, creamy basil garlic sauce here with that fresh lemon taste.

If you are still unsure how to grow tomatoes, don’t fear, as they are so easy to take care of.

You can grow tomatoes from seed like we do or buy the seedling and plant it in the ground with a stake, water it, and weed around it, and in no time, you will have your tomatoes.

You will have to string your tomato plant as it grows, but all the effort is worth it for organic vegetables.

30-Minute Meatless Fettuccine Pasta Recipe

• Yield: 4 servings
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: Sauce 5-7 minutes. Pasta: 5-7 mins According to package or Al Dente.

Indulge in the beautiful taste of fettuccine pasta with fresh tomato, lemon, and basil sauce. A quick and easy 30-minute meal that’s perfect for meatless nights.

Ingredients

• 1/2 package or 210g box of your favorite fettuccine; salt your water.
• Four cloves of garlic minced
• 1/2 of one freshly squeezed lemon or two tablespoons of lemon juice
• 1 Tablespoon dried basil or a nice handful of fresh basil chopped
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon of dried parsley or a nice handful of fresh parsley chopped
• 1/2 tablespoon of crushed red pepper (optional)
• 2 spring onions chopped
• 8 fresh cremini mushrooms sliced
• 12 cherry tomatoes sliced in half
• 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Optional: 1/2 cup sliced black olives, 1 cup fresh ricotta cheese, cooked shrimp

Preparation

1. Fill  3/4 way a big pot with cold water and salt the water; boil.
2. Add pasta to the pot and cook according to the instructions.
3. While the pasta is boiling, you can start the sauce.
4. Heat the olive oil in a medium-high frying pan, then add the garlic and onions; cook for a minute until you get some color.
5. Add the sliced mushrooms and tomatoes and sauté for another minute.
6. Add all the spices and saute again for a couple of minutes, stirring constantly.
7. Lastly, stir the lemon juice with 1/4 cup of Parmigiano Reggiano.
8. Taste for flavor, i.e., salt. If it needs more, then add more.
9. In the meantime, drain your pasta (save 1/4 cup of pasta water) and mix the sauce into the pasta.  
10. Add more grated cheese. (optional)
11. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil around the pasta before serving.

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Yield: 4 servings

30-Minute Meatless Fettuccine Recipe

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 14 minutes

Total Time: 14 minutes

Indulge in the beautiful taste of fettuccine pasta with fresh tomato, lemon, and basil sauce. A quick and easy 30-minute meal that’s perfect for meatless nights.

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Ingredients

• 1/2 package or 210g box of your favorite fettuccine; salt your water.
• Four cloves of garlic minced
• 1/2 of one freshly squeezed lemon or 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
• 1 Tablespoon dried basil or a nice handful of fresh basil chopped
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon of dried parsley or a nice handful of fresh parsley chopped
• 1/2 tablespoon of crushed red pepper (optional)
• 2 spring onions chopped
• 8 fresh cremini mushrooms sliced
• 12 cherry tomatoes sliced in half
• 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Optional: 1/2 cup sliced black olives, 1 cup fresh ricotta cheese, cooked shrimp

Instructions

1. Fill  3/4 way a big pot with cold water and salt the water; boil.
2. Add pasta to the pot and cook according to the instructions.
3. While the pasta is boiling, you can start the sauce.
4. Heat the olive oil in a medium-high frying pan, then add the garlic and onions; cook for a minute until you get some color.
5. Add the sliced mushrooms and tomatoes and sauté for another minute.
6. Add all the spices and saute again for a couple of minutes, stirring constantly.
7. Lastly, stir the lemon juice with 1/4 cup of Parmigiano Reggiano.
8. Taste for flavor, i.e., salt. If it needs more, then add more.
9. In the meantime, drain your pasta (save 1/4 cup of pasta water) and mix the sauce into the pasta.  
10. Add more grated cheese. (optional)
11. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil around the pasta before serving.

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How To Make Fresh Ricotta Cheese

If you want to switch it up add a container of fresh Ricotta cheese to the pasta before adding the sauce and mix.  

Learn how to make homemade ricotta to save money and you get double the satisfaction.

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