Vegan Mushroom Spinach Pasta Recipe
Want a quick and comforting dish that you’ll fall in love with any night of the week? This Easy Italian Vegan Spinach Mushroom Pasta is a delicious and simple vegan pasta recipe that will satisfy your cravings in just 30 minutes or less, easily!
Servings: 4 Servings
Ingredients
Vegan Mushroom Spinach Pasta Recipe
- 2 cups bowtie pasta or pasta of choice save out 1/4 cup reserve from pasta water before draining pasta for later or you can use some vegetable broth or a couple squeezes of lemon juice if you want an extra burst of flavor
- 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil add more if desired
- 1 lb baby bella mushrooms sliced
- 3 cloves garlic minced or 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 1/2 cups fresh spinach
- 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes halved
- 1/2 cup vegan parmesan cheese grated, add as much as you like if you want more
Extras
- Extra vegan parmesan for top of pasta when serving
- Optional: 1 teaspoon red chili pepper flakes
- Optional: 1 teaspoon parsley
- sea salt or salt
- Lots of fresh cracked pepper or pepper
Instructions
Instructions How To Make Easy Vegan Italian Spinach Mushroom Pasta
- Cook the pasta in a pan of boiling salted water according to the package instructions, then drain, reserving a 1/4 cup of the pasta water to add to the pasta once it's cooked.
- Meanwhile, while the pasta is cooking, sautee the minced garlic in a large skillet or frying pan on a medium heat with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, making sure to stir so it doesn't burn, followed 1 minute later with your sliced mushrooms. If you don't have minced garlic, you can use a teaspoon of garlic powder instead. Just add it to the oil, so it flavors the oil and start cooking it with the mushrooms.
- Cook mushrooms for 7 minutes, or until golden, tossing the mushrooms and garlic regularly.
- Toss the drained hot pasta into the mushroom mixture with a splash of water or two from the reserved pasta water. You can also use vegetable broth or fresh lemon juice as well. Next, add all the spinach and cherry tomatoes into the mushroom pasta. Let the spinach wilt just a little bit. Then stir in the parmesan cheese and add some drizzles of olive oil (2-3 tablespoons, add more if want) and coat all the pasta!
- Taste. Season as needed with more salt and pepper, then dish it up and definitely add more parmesan and any other Italian spices you want, chopped fresh parsley or if you want a little heat, add those chili flakes as needed.