Hey y ‘all!!! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve shared on the blog! Since the 4th of July my oldest son turned 4, I went on a women’s retreat at my church and took a family vacation in Cabo San Lucas!
Whew! Needless to say it’s been non-stop over here! We just got home two days ago to nearly 100 degrees weather, lots of clothes to wash and a million things to catch up on! So I didn’t want dinner to be a major production. That’s why I just had to share this EASY, delicious, and relatively healthy one-pot pasta dish!
I literally threw some spaghetti noodles, vegetables, herbs and a little olive oil to boil in a medium skillet for about 20 minutes and dinner was served!
While I’m at it I might as well update you on the garden because I used the cherry tomatoes and herbs from my garden to make last night’s dinner. 
Because I’m crazy I also decided to plant pumpkins ( plant on the far right) LOL! But back to the pasta dish- I picked ripe tomatoes from the garden as well as basil as key ingredients for major flavor.
So here’s the recipe:
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 pack of spaghetti noodles (*** You could also swap out the pasta for zucchini noodles for a no-carb option)
- 25 cherry tomato’s sliced in half
- At least 3 handfuls of basil (leave them whole- the more the better)
- 1/4 of a small white onion thinly sliced.
- 4 garlic cloves thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons of garlic salt
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 cup of small broccoli florets
- 1/2 cup of baby spinach
DIRECTIONS:
- In a medium saucepan add the first 8 ingredients. Fill the sauce pan up 3/4 of the way with water. Turn on the heat to high until water has come to boil. After about 5 minutes reduce the heat to medium tossing the pasta and all the ingredients until they’re thoroughly combined.
- After 15 minutes of the pasta cooking add in the broccoli florets. The pasta should cook altogether for 20 minutes or until spaghetti noodles are soft and the water has reduced into a light sauce.
- Once the spaghetti is ready add in the spinach and toss the pasta once more.
- Serve with parmesan cheese.
