Blow Your MIND Tomato Basil Pasta!

Original recipe found on Facebook via Simply The Best You...Healthy and Happy

Throw it all in one pot, INCLUDING the uncooked Pasta and cook!  The starch leaches out of the pasta and makes a rich, warm sauce for the noodles. The other ingredients cook right along with the pasta.

Blow Your MIND Tomato Basil Pasta!  No Straining, just Stirring
Yields: 5-6 servings
meat-free, dairy-free, egg-free, oil-free, soy-free

Ingredients:

• 12 oz. Whole Wheat Pasta
• 4 cups Vegetable Broth
• 1/2 cup Water
• 1 15 oz. can diced Seasoned Tomatoes with liquid
• 1 15 oz. can Black Beans (rinsed & drained)
• 1 2.25 oz. can sliced Black Olives (rinsed & drained)
• 1 cup Spinach (chopped)
• 1 Red Pepper (chopped)
• 1 large Sweet Onion (cut in half moons)
• 1/3 cup Nutritional Yeast
• 2 large sprigs of Basil (chopped)
• 4 Garlic Cloves (diced)
• 1 tbsp. Italian Seasoning
• 1 tsp. Garlic Powder
• 1 tsp. Onion Powder
• 1/2 tsp. Himalayan Salt

Directions:

1. Place Pasta, Tomatoes, Black Beans, Black Olives, Spinach, Red Pepper, Onion, Nutritional Yeast, Garlic & Basil in a large stock pot
2. Pour in Vegetable Broth
3. Mix in Seasonings
4. Cover pot and bring to a boil
5. Reduce to simmer and keep covered, cook for about 10 minutes or until almost all liquid has evaporated, stirring every so often