It’s been a while since I’ve shared a good stick to your bones kind of PASTA recipe. Many of you have been asking for healthy vegetarian dishes lately but I decided to spoil you guys today with some creamy dreamy rigatoni!! I love creamy pasta sauces and especially ones with the “blush” color. Many creamy pasta sauces call for heavy cream but I lightened this up by mixing vegetable broth and half & half for the sauce. The sun dried tomatoes and mushrooms add such a wonderful earthy flavor and stand up great next to the rigidness of the rigatoni. I wanted to add spinach to this recipe as well, but I didn’t have any and I was too lazy to go get some. So if you have spinach, please throw in a few handfuls!
I love trying artisan pasta ( any kind of pasta really) and found this at my local farm, Shady Brook Farm! This Rigatoni from Vera Pasta had flavor and serious BITE ( pasta should ALWAYS be al dente!) If you are used to buying the same old pasta from your grocery store, step out of the box and try something a little different with this recipe, it will totally be worth it!
