Penne with roasted tofu and vegetables
4
Points®
Total Time
50 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
40 min
Serves
6
Difficulty
Easy
The Japanese eggplants are worth seeking out since they add so much flavor to this hearty penne pasta recipe. Their color ranges from solid purple to striated shades, and they have a tender, slightly sweet flesh. Once you start cooking with them, there's no going back, and roasting them brings out the naturally sweet, rich flavor of the eggplants—as well as other vegetables. You can experiment with different combinations of herbs and vegetables—such as carrots, yellow squash, red bell pepper, and rosemary, which are all a tasty combination for this recipe as well. We particularly like this version with fennel bulbs, mushroom caps, red peppers, and vidalia onions.
Ingredients
Low-fat tofu
1½ cup(s), firm variety, cubed
Uncooked eggplant
5 cup(s), Japanese variety, cubed
Uncooked fennel bulb
½ pound(s), sliced
Mushroom caps
½ pound(s), fresh, sliced
Red bell pepper
1 medium, seeded and cut into 1-inch pieces
Vidalia onion
1 medium, sliced
Garlic
6 clove(s), peeled
Olive oil
1 Tbsp
Dried basil
2 tsp, crumbled
Table salt
½ tsp
Black pepper
¼ tsp
Uncooked whole wheat pasta
8 oz, penne variety, (about 3 cups)