Meatless Monday: Spaghetti with roasted heirloom tomatoes

As you know, VMHQ is pretty much overrun with babies. Ok, there’s two, but they’re little and one is still so little she likes to be held lots. Dinner time at headquarters can be interesting affairs – sometimes I’m organised as hell, sometimes we’re eating at 9pm after we’ve got the kiddies down, and sometimes it’s cereal. I might be at home all day every day, but that has no bearing on whether dinner is a success or not – some days are just better than others. And some dinners are just easier than others… like this one!

The key to this one is a good marinated feta, or if you don’t have that maybe regular feta and some flavoured oil. Failing that, olive oil and good fresh herbs? Failing that, dried herbs?

Failing that, takeaway?

You’re also wanting some good tomatoes with proper flavour, which should go without saying but I’m going to say it anyway. If you’ve grown your own, full credit to you sir/ma’am. Bake some bread to have with it.

By all means doctor this up with whatever you like. But if you’re short on time and long on pasta (groan), this is an excellent quick dish to get on the table before you all faint from hunger.

And as always I can’t wait to see your Meatless Monday links 🙂

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Spaghetti with roasted heirloom tomatoes

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Serves	4
Prep time	5 minutes
Cook time	20 minutes
Total time	25 minutes
Dietary	Vegetarian
Meal type	Main Dish

Ingredients

• 500g spaghetti
• 500g heirloom cherry tomatoes
• 200g marinated feta, with oil
• grated parmesan
• black pepper
• salt

Directions

Step 1

Place tomatoes on a greased tray and pop into a very hot oven. Cook until starting to collapse.

Step 2

Cook pasta according to packet directions. Drain.

Step 3

Stir feta through the hot pasta, including as much of the marinating oil as you like. Season with salt and freshly cracked black pepper.

Step 4

Top with tomatoes and grated parmesan and don't forget to smoosh the tomatoes into the spaghetti and feta for extra awesomness.