Cooking for one: Easy summer pasta with fresh tomatoes

I was craving some pasta but in the summer (notice the 4th of July plates) it's too hot for a lot of the heavy sauces. This was my solution- pasta with a very light sauce that is made of garlic, parsley, and fresh summer tomatoes. There's not too much to it and a small portion for me was very satisfying. I'm not on the "gluten-is-bad" train. I'm more on pasta-is-amazing.

"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti."

-Sophia Loren 

Serves 1

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup pasta, any kind but I used penne
• 2 teaspoon olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced
• 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
• 2 T parmesan, freshly grated

Directions: 

Cook your pasta. While it's boiling, make your sauce. 

In a small frying pan, add the garlic and olive oil. When the garlic just starts to turn brown, add the cherries tomatoes. Stand back because it will splash. Cook for a minute, then take off the heat. 

When your pasta is ready, spoon the pasta right into the sauce pan with the sauce and reheat everything, coating the pasta with the sauce, 1-2 minutes. When done, add the parsley and freshly grated parmesan. 

That's it! Bon Apetito. 

More quick Italian dishes for summer:

• Chicken Piccata
• Polenta crusted chicken
• Peach bruschetta
• Farfalle pasta with salmon in vodka sauce