One Pot Tomato Basil Pasta

Ingredients

• Elbow Macaroni

  Kroger

  12 oz or 340g

• Tomatoes

  Red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice

  1 ¾ cup or 420g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 medium or 110g

• Garlic

  Raw

  1 clove or 3g

• Chicken broth

  Soup, canned, ready-to-serve

  4 cup or 960g

• Crushed red pepper flakes

  ¼ tsp or 0.08g

• Oregano

  Spices, dried

  2 tsp, ground or 4g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Basil

  Fresh

  1 tbsp, chopped or 3g

• Parmesan cheese

  Shredded

  1 tbsp or 5g

Directions

1. Place pasta, tomatoes, onion, and garlic in a large stock pot. Pour in vegetable broth. Sprinkle on top the pepper flakes and oregano. Drizzle top with oil.
2. Cover pot and bring to a boil. Reduce to a low simmer and keep covered and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes or so. Cook until almost all liquid has evaporated (to desired amount).
3. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add basil leaves and stir pasta several times to distribute the liquid in the bottom of the pot evenly throughout the pasta as you are serving. Serve garnished with Parmesan cheese.