Vegetable pasta bake

Name: Vegetable pasta bake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 red pepper, seeds removed, cut into bite-size chunks; 1 yellow pepper, seeds removed, cut into bite-size chunks; 1 aubergine, finely chopped; 1 courgette, finely chopped; 1 red onion, sliced; 3 tbsp olive oil; 150g/5½oz cherry tomatoes, halved; 400g tin chopped tomatoes; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 3 tbsp roughly chopped basil; 300g/10½oz pasta, such as rigatoni or penne; 150g/5½oz ball mozzarella, drained and finely chopped; 2 tbsp pesto; 2–3 tbsp finely grated Parmesan, or a vegetarian hard cheese alternative; salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:1h

We could eat this no-fuss veggie pasta bake every week. It's packed full of your 5-a-day and easy to make. Minimise washing up by making the sauce in the roasting tin that you bake the pasta in. Each serving provides 598 kcal, 23g protein, 68g carbohydrate (of which 14g sugars), 24g fat (of which 8g saturates), 10g fibre and 0.6g salt.

Updated at: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:06:47 GMT