Quick and Easy Spicy Garlic Tomato and Herb Pasta

Lately, I’ve been so busy that I’ve had very little time to spend in the kitchen. This Spicy Garlic Tomato and Herb Pasta is a fast, easy, and healthy meal that is perfect for weeknights when you have little time. It comes together in 10 minutes or less. 

Fun, little-known fact about me… In grad school, I worked as a waitress at an Italian restaurant. They had some pretty darn good food and the only place in southern Illinois you could find real, authentic, Chicago-style Italian beef… AKA my love language (that and ice cream). One of my favorite pasta dishes was this spicy pasta with fresh red sauce and herbs. I would order it just about every time I worked and split it with my coworker. I’ll have to admit, I was not the best waitress. I’ve gotten the people skill thing down, but remembering things is not my forte. Especially back then, when I was working two jobs, going to grad school, blogging, and “working” on my thesis. 

So this pasta I had many years ago (not sure how time has flown by so fast) was the inspiration for this recipe. That, and I had some random ingredients and very little time to make dinner one evening and created this delicious recipe. 

If you have a few kitchen staples and no time or energy to really cook, this recipe is for you. Because, folks, that’s usually how I feel and this recipe comes from the heart. The very tired heart of a momma with a baby and a toddler, who runs a business from home and tries to somehow get the laundry done. Which, FYI, doesn’t happen. Laundry is that one chore I can’t get myself to remember to do. Anyone else? Anyway, enough about my dirty laundry. 

To make this delicious pasta, all you need is… pasta, oil, can of diced tomatoes, garlic, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, a handful of fresh herbs, and if you want to go all crazy, add some bacon and spinach. But that is totally optional. If bacon is optional in your book. Bacon is never optional to me. 

Spicy Tomato Garlic and Herb Pasta

This Spicy Garlic Tomato And Herb Pasta is a fast, easy, and healthy meal that is perfect for weeknights when you have little time. It comes together in 10 minutes or less. 

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Author: Amy

Prep Time: 2 minutes minutes

Servings: 4

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Ingredients

• ▢ spaghetti or angel hair pasta- cooked and drained use GF pasta for GF version

Spicy Tomato Sauce

• ▢ 1 can diced tomatoes juice and all
• ▢ 2 cloves garlic I like to put mine through a garlic press
• ▢ 1/4 cup olive or avocado oil
• ▢ handful fresh herbs- chopped parsley and basil work well
• ▢ 1 pinch red pepper flakes the more you add the spicer it is.
• ▢ salt and pepper to taste
• ▢ 4 slices bacon- cooked and chopped (optional)
• ▢ handful fresh spinach (optional)

Instructions

• In a large skillet over medium heat add in tomatoes, garlic, red pepper flakes, and oil. Cook until simmering. Add salt and pepper to taste, and fresh herbs.

  Toss in cooked spaghetti and top with bacon and spinach if desired.

  Enjoy.

Cuisine: Italian

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