Low-Fat Linguine with Tomatoes and 'Cream'

GinnyP's Note:

This is incredibly rich-tasting!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 clove garlic , minced (or more)
• 1 (1 lb) can stewed tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄8; teaspoon pepper
• ½ cup evaporated skim milk
• 8 ounces linguine
• 3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
2. Add onions and garlic.
3. Cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
4. Add stewed tomatoes, basil, and pepper; bring to boiling.
5. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
6. Stir in milk and continue to simmer 5 minutes more.
7. While sauce is cooking, prepare linguine according to package directions; drain.
8. Add cooked linguine to tomato mixture, along with parmesan cheese.
9. Toss until pasta is coated with sauce.
10. Serve.

Reviews

[Evie*]

What a delicious meat free meal. I used spaghetti in place of the linguine, and will definitely keep this as a regular for our meatless meal nights. The skim evaporated milk does indeed make this pasta 'creamy' and its so quick to put together.

[HoserLauren]

I found the evaporated skim milk made the consistency of the sauce a bit odd. It was almost curdled. This wasn't bad, but it wasn't a 5 star meal either. You can definitely tell that it's low fat.

[Ilysse]

This was good but not great. I thought the evap milk didn't really do enough to the sauce to warrent the use of it at all. Sorry, maybe I did something wrong.