Delicious and Simple Marinara Pasta

 It's been a long time since I've created my own recipe. This one turned out so good that I decided to share! So to use up some vegetables and 3/4 of a jar of marinara sauce, I threw together this pasta last night and it was absolutely delicious. Simple, but oh so yum! I started by sauteing one chopped yellow onion in low sodium vegetable broth. As those started to cook, I started to boil my water for the pasta. 

We used a gluten free brand of pasta that I had a lot of in the cupboard and has a great texture. It takes 15 minutes to cook, so it's important to start it right away. I then chopped and threw in a full green pepper, and about 12 oz baby bella mushrooms sliced. As these cooked, I added in some Italian spices, garlic powder, and a small amount of smoked paprika. 

When the pasta was close to being done, I threw in some fresh spinach, it's always hard to know how much spinach to throw in because it looks like you are adding a lot, but then once it cooks down it's like you didn't throw any in there. I would suggest adding at least half a bag or more if you like spinach. 

Lastly, I added the marinara. I found this amazing marinara at whole foods and it's the only sauce I will buy, otherwise I make my own. This sauce is oil free, sugar free, and organic. I highly recommend it, it's delicious, we had about 3/4 of the jar left so I threw that in, and added more spices. I do not have measurements for the spices, but you can add to taste. 

This turned out soo good and it was super easy to throw together. Any recipes that I create myself are usually quite simple and some turn out great and some are kind of boring, but I was really impressed with how this turned out.

Enjoy!