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Healthy Homemade Chef Boyardee Pasta

Updated: 4/20/22
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Healthy Homemade Chef Boyardee Pasta: Skip the canned junk and make this delicious and nutritious pasta dish for your family instead.

Skip the canned junk and make this delicious and nutritious pasta dish for your family instead. So much sneaky nutrition in this one-pot wonder!

Healthy Homemade Chef Boyardee Pasta: Skip the canned junk and make this delicious and nutritious pasta dish for your family instead.

Quick vote: What was your canned Chef Boyardee pasta of choice as a kid?

a. Spaghetti and Meatballs

b. Beefaroni

c. Beef or Cheese Ravioli

Me? I was a Beef Ravioli kid all the way. But, alas, I know too much these days about what goes into a canned product like that to enjoy it, much to my husband’s chagrin sometimes.

If you want to know more about what’s in this kid favorite, you might check out this post. Or take my word for it and make something that tastes far better and is full of good-for-you, recognizable ingredients. This Healthy Homemade Chef Boyardee Pasta has the same saucy deliciousness and comforting pasta that we grew up on, but it knocks the socks off the canned junk.

With the use of the blender, you’ll remove any noticeable vegetable chunks for keen little eyes and also easily whip up this flavor-rich pasta sauce. You can certainly add in some browned ground beef after blending the sauce, if your family prefers a meaty sauce. But, I loved the texture as is. The end result is somewhere between a plate of pasta and a bowl of tomato soup with pasta in it.

Voila! I give you Healthy Homemade Chef Boyardee Pasta.

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Healthy Homemade Chef Boyardee Pasta: Skip the canned junk and make this delicious and nutritious pasta dish for your family instead.

Homemade Chef Boyardee Pasta

Skip the canned junk and make this delicious and nutritious pasta dish for your family instead. So much sneaky nutrition in this one-pot wonder!

Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
Prep: 20 minutesCook: 20 minutesTotal: 40 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 8 cups (or 2 cartons) organic chicken broth
  • 1 (28 ounce) can organic tomato sauce
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 1 large carrot, peeled and chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 6 ounces of whole wheat pasta, like rotini, elbows or broken up lasagna noodles
  • Optional: shredded Parmesan cheese or mozzarella cheese

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Instructions

  1. Stir together all ingredients EXCEPT the pasta in a large pot. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer, stirring occasionally for 10-15 minutes, or until carrots and onions are softened and sauce has reduced some. Remove the bay leaf.
  2. Using an immersion blender or carefully spooning mixture into blender, blend sauce until smooth. Note: Be sure to fit lid tightly and hold down with a kitchen towel, if using an upright blender.) Return sauce to the pot. Taste and season and add more salt and pepper, as needed.
  3. Bring sauce up to a simmer again. Stir in the pasta. Simmer and stir occasionally until pasta is tender, usually about 8-10 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning again.
  4. Serve warm in a bowl with shredded Parmesan or mozzarella on top.
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Cuisine: American Method: Stove top

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As co-founder of Thriving Home, Rachel dreams about creating recipes (literally) and uses her husband, her 3 kids, and even the neighbors as guinea pigs several nights a week. She believes that good food has the power to bring families and friends closer together and continues to wake up excited about her job each day, even after 10+ years!

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