Polyphenol Paprika Pepper Penne

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This one’s easier to promptly prepare than it is to pronounce unprepared! Ok, enough alliteration: this dish is as full of flavor as it is full of antioxidants, and it’s great for digestive health and heart health too.

You will need

  • 4 large red bell peppers, diced
  • 2 red onions, roughly chopped
  • 1 bulb garlic, finely chopped
  • 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 10oz wholemeal penne pasta
  • 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 1 tbsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tbsp black pepper
  • Extra virgin olive oil for drizzling

Method

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1) Preheat the oven to 200℃ / 400℉ / Gas mark 6

2) Put the vegetables in a roasting tin; drizzle with oil, sprinkle with the seasonings (nooch, paprika, black pepper), stir well to mix and distribute the seasonings evenly, and roast for 20–25 minutes, stirring/turning occasionally. When the edges begin to caramelize, turn off the heat, but leave to keep warm.

3) Cook the penne al dente (this should take 7–8 minutes in boiling salted water). Rinse in cold water, then pass a kettle of hot water over them to reheat. This process removed starch and lowered the glycemic index, before reheating the pasta so that it’s hot to serve.

4) Place the roasted vegetables in a food processor and blitz for just a few seconds. You want to produce a very chunky sauce—but not just chunks or just sauce.

5) Combine the sauce and pasta to serve immediately.

Enjoy!

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