Vegetables to go with pasta sauce?

misssmarita · January 2013

I'm not the greatest cook, so I can't make anything super complicated. Today I thought I'd try some skinless, boneless chicken with some whole wheat spaghetti and pasta sauce. I already have a glass of pasta sauce, but it accoured to me that I could easily add a bit of vegetables to the pasta sauce. What would you suggest? Keep in mind that my grocery store has a pretty crappy selection :P

jynxxxed · January 2013

I love throwing some broccoli into my pasta. Green peppers and mushrooms too! Having this for dinner tonight.

ETA: Unless you're trying to blend something into the actual sauce? I usually just eat it regular.

jadimasi79 · January 2013

Any vegetable goes great as long as you chop it up fine.
The other thing I do is get frozen vegtables and then with a closed bag smash with hammer and you have crushed veggies you can add to any recipe!

jjkath · January 2013

Carrots and cauliflower both keep their shape and texture well when combined in a tomato sauce. Any peppers would also be perfect.

duckiec · January 2013

I love zuccini/green squash and yellow squash in my pasta. If you slice it thin, you can pretty much let the heat from the pasta cook it when you put it all together. I've also started adding thin, short carrot sticks (like the size of a pretzel stick), small pieces of broccoli, and grape or cherry tomatos, sometimes yellow, orange, or red peppers. We made this recently and it was really good- we didn't use as much parmesean as it calls for, but a sprinkle on top really brought it to life. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-pasta-i/ Enjoy!

LoveMy3Boys · January 2013

zucchini is my favorite veggie in pasta (with tomato sauce)

chuckles9189 · January 2013

I like peppers. all the peppers (except green.)bell pepper, spicy pepper. I love peppers. and zucchini. onion. garlic. mushrooms (although I don't like those either they just "go" with pasta). tomato chunks.

pasta is a beautiful thing because you can put all the things you like in it.

jr1985 · January 2013

I vote zuchini and squash... love them and they absorb a lot of the flavor of what you cook them with.

dovetail22uk · January 2013

Zucchini (UK = courgette) is great in pasta.

I fry some onions and garlic then add lots and lots and lots of zucchini and let it sweat until it goes really really soft. Then I add a couple of anchovy fillets (canned) (yes, sounds weird but just adds a lovely savoury flavour) and mash it all together with a potato masher. You can also add some (ahem!) cream or low fat alternative and some cheese before you mix in the pasta.

Nom nom

wannatangle · January 2013

Now I'm hungry

Mutant13 · January 2013

Zucchini, eggplant, yellow button squash, celery, pumpkin, sweet potato, onions, capsicum, cauliflower all go nicely in pasta sauce

lilrhody · January 2013

I always add finely diced bell peppers (all colors), zucchini and spinach to my sauce.

alaskaang · January 2013

Cauliflower - we actually use this in place of the pasta

Onions
Mushrooms
Carrots
Zucchini
Olives
Peppers

auddii · February 2013

If you ever need to "hide" veggies, pumpkin puree works great in tomato based sauces (like pasta sauce or chili). You really can't taste much of a difference. As for visible veggies in the sauce I love mushrooms, bell peppers, onion, zucchini, yellow squash, etc.