Roast pumpkin, tomato and feta pasta

Tomatoes don’t always need to be the star when it comes to pasta sauce. Add some delicious slow-roasted pumpkin and feta, give it all a quick whizz in the blender, and you’ve got yourself an easy new pasta in your repertoire that the whole family will love. Source: kidspot

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Roast pumpkin, tomato and feta pasta
Suitable from
Finger foods (BLW)

Easy/Medium to prepare

Total time
110min

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Makes
4servings

adjustable below

Iron
0.6mg

per serving

Common allergens

Milk, WheatIntroduce one at a time.

Ingredients

4 servings
  • Pumpkin500 g
  • Tomatoes500 g
  • Garlic4 cloves, (unpeeled)
  • Olive oil1 tbs
  • Feta cheese100 g
  • Parmasan cheeseShaved, to serve
  • Penne pasta400g

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 160°C (140°C fan-forced). Peel and chop pumpkin, and quarter tomatoes. Place in a baking pan with unpeeled garlic and oil. Toss to combine and season well with salt and pepper. Bake for 1-1.5 hours until soft and caramelised.

  2. Place pumpkin and tomatoes in a blender or food processor with feta. Squeeze the garlic from skins and add to pumpkin. Blitz until smooth. Transfer to a large saucepan.

  3. Cook pasta in a saucepan of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain, reserving about half a cup of the cooking liquid.

  4. Reheat sauce in saucepan, adding a little of the reserved cooking liquid to loosen it. Add cooked pasta and toss well to coat. Serve with parmesan and a side salad.

Nutrition

Per serving, calculated from USDA data for the ingredients above.

Calories
154kcal
Protein
5.8g
Fat
4.5g
Carbs
22.7g
Calories from
  • Carbs59%
  • Protein15%
  • Fat26%

Ingredient health benefits

👀 Eyesight
🦠 Immune system
💊 Supporting nutrition absorption
✨ Anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant
🫀 Cardiovascular health
🧠 Brain development
🔥 Energy
🦴 Bone health
🤲 Skin health
🔄 Healthy metabolism
🩸 Blood health
💭 Cognitive and neurodevelopmental

General associations for these ingredients, not claims about this recipe.

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Nutrition Facts

Estimated · 4 servings per recipe

Amount per serving

Calories

154

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 4.5g6%
Saturated Fat 1.8g9%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 9.4mg3%
Sodium 179.2mg8%
Total Carbohydrate 22.7g8%
Dietary Fiber 1.5g5%
Total Sugars 1.7g
Incl. Added Sugars 0.0g0%
Protein 5.8g12%
Vitamin D 0.0mcg0%
Calcium 76mg6%
Iron 0.6mg4%
Potassium 246mg5%
Vitamin A 162IU2%
Vitamin C 7.7mg9%
Vitamin E 0.9mg6%
Vitamin K 3.9mcg3%
Vitamin B6 0.1mg5%
Vitamin B12 0.2mcg7%
Folate 11mcg3%
Magnesium 10mg2%
Zinc 0.5mg5%

Estimated from USDA ingredient data. %DV uses the adult 2,000-calorie reference — children’s needs differ.