This easy vegan pasta alla puttanesca is perfect for busy weeknight dinners! It’s made with pantry staples but tastes super fresh and delicious. Recipe yields 4 generous servings.
Ingredient:
Puttanesca sauce
1 large (28 ounce) can of chunky tomato sauce (I recommend Muir Glen brand) or diced tomatoes
⅓ cup chopped Kalamata olives
⅓ cup capers
1 tablespoon Kalamata olive brine (from your jar of olives)
1 tablespoon caper brine (from your jar of capers)
3 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ cup chopped fresh parsley leaves, divided
Freshly ground black pepper
Salt, if necessary
Everything else
8 ounces whole grain spaghetti, or an equivalent combination of spaghetti and zucchini noodles (I used 6 ounces spaghetti and one 8-ounce zucchini, spiralized)