Roast Butternut Squash and Feta Pasta

Prep Time: 10 minutes Prepare dinner Time: half-hour Complete Time: 40 minutes Servings: 4

A easy and engaging roasted butternut squash and feta sauce made on one-pan and tossed with pasta, a fast and straightforward meal!

components

3 cups butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cubed
1 tablespoon olive oil
8 ounce block of feta cheese, drained
1 onion, peeled and quartered (elective)
1 purple bell pepper
4 cloves garlic
1 pinch purple pepper flakes (elective)
1 teaspoon thyme, chopped (or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme)
salt and pepper to style
8 ounces pasta

instructions

Toss the butternut squash within the oil and unfold, in a single layer, over a baking pan.
Place the feta, onion, bell pepper, and garlic cloves on the identical baking pan.
Roast in a preheated 425F/220C oven till the butternut squash is tender, about 20 minutes.
Puree every part from the baking pan in a meals processor.
Prepare dinner the pasta as directed on the bundle and when carried out drain and reserve a number of the cooking water.
Toss the pasta within the sauce, optionally including sufficient of the reserved cooking water to get the sauce to the specified consistency.

Choice: As an alternative of pureeing the sauce in a meals processor, you possibly can mash it!
Choice: Add 1 pint cherry tomatoes, roast with feta and butternut.
Choice: Add (or substitute the thyme with) 1 teaspoon sage, chopped (or 1/2 teaspoon sage.
Choice: Add (or substitute the thyme with) 1 teaspoon rosemary, chopped (or 1/2 teaspoon rosemary.
Choice: Add a pinch of nutmeg!
Choice: Add a pinch of cinnamon!
Choice: Change the feta cheese with goat cheese/chevre.
Choice: Add 1/2 cup heavy/whipping cream.