Roasted Veggie Pasta w Lemon Parmesan 'Cream' Sauce

Instead of heating up pork tenderloin left overs I decided to make some veggie pasta last night. It was mainly bc I didn't feel like eating meat & Bc Michael said he wasn't that hungry (he had eaten a slim Jim on his way home) ew. This is a pretty basic & simple recipe but super yummy & quick. You can always add meat to this if you want!  Or tofu...just kidding! Don't do that. 

SO pretty! 😍 I combined all the veggies in my cast iron skillet with olive oil, red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning plus salt & pepper. I then baked them at 350 for about 20 min. Perfection! 

Adding the pasta to a sauce pan with a little melted butter, lemon juice and garlic, directly instead of straining it, helps make the sauce. I then added the veggies, cheese and some of the pasta water, tossed it all together and it created a delicious creamy cheese sauce that coated everything. So easy!!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ 

**Ingredients**

• 1/3 head of broccoli
• Handful of grape tomatoes (left whole)
• 1/2 cup red onion cut into big chunks
• 1 small yellow squash cut into bit size chunks 
• 2 tbsp capers 
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes 
• 1 tbsp Italian seasoning 
• 1 tbsp olive oil 
• 1 tbsp butter
• Juice of half a lemon 
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese (extra for topping) 
• 1 garlic clove smashed and roughly chopped 
• 1/2 tbsp tomato paste 
• Salt & pepper 
• Your favorite pasta! 1 hand ful of spaghetti, angel hair or 1-2 cups macaroni, bow tie etc. 

1. Heat oven to 350 and cook vegetables seasoned with olive olive, red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning and salt&pepper for 20 min. 
2. With about 8 min remaining, start cooking pasta. 
3. Once pasta is going, melt butter in sauce pan on low and add garlic and tomato paste. Cook for about 5 min. 
4. Take out veggies and set aside. 
5. Take a pair of tongs or big slotted spoon, depends on your pasta, and add to sauce pan. Toss to coat. 
6. Add veggies and half parm cheese to noodles along with a splash of pasta water. Toss then add rest of parm with a little more pasta water until everything is nice and creamy. 
7. Plate and top with more parm cheese!!! 

It's that easy!!! This is one of my favorite go-to pasta dishes and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Remember you can use any kind of veggie or pasta you'd like!  Bon appetite!