Chunky Eggplant Sauce for Pasta

Got an eggplant? Oh you will love this delicious recipe!
This chunky plant-based eggplant sauce makes my mouth water! And it's fast and easy to make too!!

With only 5 ingredients, it's a perfect complement for any kind of pasta (gluten free of course), including  zucchini noodles which are made with a spiralizer as shown below. 

Made from entirely vegetables, this healthy sauce is nutritious, filling, and absolutely delicious too.

I like to simmer the sauce covered on a very low flame for about forty minutes to allow the eggplant, red peppers, and tomato flavors to mingle while the vegetables soften and the sauce thickens.

I used this eggplant sauce two ways for dinner.

1. I ate my eggplant spaghetti sauce over zucchini noodles 
2. My husband ate his over gluten free brown rice noodles that I bought from Trader Joe's. 

   Brown Rice Gluten Free Pasta (Trader Joe's) 

If you don't know how to make zucchini noodles, it is really really simple and so healthy.

Buy a medium or large zucchini, cut it in half, place in the spiralizer, and turn the handle of your spriralizer to make the noodles. 

I use this one from Amazon (affiliate link) Spiralizer By Palermo.  I can easily make a full bowl of spiraled zucchini for one person in 1 minute.

Zucchini noodles (zoodles) can be enjoyed raw or personally, I like mine tossed quickly in a skillet (with a 1/4 cup of water or vegetables broth) to soften them. 


Author: Judee Algazi
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients: 

1 medium eggplant, peeled and chopped in chunks
5 red mini peppers, cleaned and chopped
2 large tomatoes, cored and chopped
1 8 ounce can of organic chopped tomatoes with jalepenos (or add your own)
1/2 can of tomato paste mixed with 2 cups of water
Optional: 1/2 cup of fresh basil leaves

Directions: 

Type of Pan: Dutch oven or a deep wide skillet
Add the eggplant, red peppers, tomatoes, canned tomatoes, and the tomato paste mixed with water. Stir and cook on a high heat for 3-4 minutes. Reduce heat to a simmer and cover. Check periodically and stir. Cook for about 25 minutes until eggplant is soft.  Serve when eggplant is soft.


Where do you buy a spiralizer? 

They sell spiralizers in any store where they have kitchen items.
I bought a hand held spiralizer, but didn't like it. I found it too difficult to make a large quantity of spirals.

I then went online and bought the Palermo.
It's light, easy to use, and easy to wash. 

(affiliate link too see the sprializer on Amazon click the red wording) Spiralizer By Palermo- Voted the Best Vegetable Maker 

Get one- they are reasonable and so so easy to use and clean up! Once you have one, you won't know how you lived without it! 



I highly recommend this one!!!

shared on Pin Junkie How would you use this sauce? Do you spiralize?  Love your comments-

My Notes: 

1, This is a perfect recipe that meets Kosher for Passover requirements. Imagine the zucchini spirals with this sauce for lunch. If you eat cheese, pile it on!!!

2. This is a perfect recipe for using summer zucchini, eggplant, peppers and tomatoes. 


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