10 Minute Mushroom Pasta with tomato & chilli pesto & light cream cheese is the ultimate quick and delicious, vegetarian family meal! Sure to become a favourite!
It’s too hot, the kids are on their summer break and you really want to be spending as little time in the kitchen as possible, well help is at hand with my simple vegetarian 10 Minute Mushroom Pasta.
My daughter went on a trip to Wales with her school recently and so my hubby and son decided they wanted to get a kebab.
Not being a fan of kebabs this left me with no other choice than to rustle up something for myself. After a quick fridge and cupboard raid I chucked a few ingredients together crossing my fingers that my efforts would be OK.
Well they were more than OK and my dinner was ready in a little over 10 minutes just as the boys got back with their kebabs!
Of course both of them were curious about my dinner and tried some saying “you can make that again” so make it again I did for all of us.
The first version was creamier than the pictures show so you can tailor the dish to your taste accordingly.
My daughter, who had missed out the first time round, gave my 10 Minute Mushroom Pasta a big thumbs up and as my son had gone out last night (for a kebab with his friends funnily enough) she tucked into seconds with huge enthusiasm!
More speedy pasta dishes
- Tenderstem, Garlic & Chilli Spaghetti – Fab Food 4 All
- Lemon and Artichoke Pasta – Amuse your Bouche
- Lobster Pasta – Christina’s Cucina
- Black Garlic, Mushroom and Cream Penne Pasta – Kavey Eats
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10 Minute Mushroom Pasta – a fab family meal!
Ingredients
- 350 g Fusilli or other pasta shapes
- 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 2 tsp minced garlic from a jar
- 250 g mushrooms sliced
- 200 – 250 g light cream cheese (low fat)
- 8 – 9 tbsp tomato & chilli pesto
- Freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to their instructions.
- Meanwhile heat the oil over a medium heat in a large non stick wok style pan.
- Add the minced garlic and mushrooms and fry for about 6 minutes turning occasionally until cooked through and started to turn golden.
- Stir in the cream cheese, pesto and pepper and heat through for 4 minutes.
- Tip in the cooked pasta and toss to coat.
- Serve with a mixed salad.
Richard Eldred Hawes
Nice and easy to make, quickly done and vegetatarian too
Diane Carey
My hubby would love this quick meal. He likes to make a pasta meal if I am having something he doesn’t like
Camilla
Great Diane:-)
Amy Fidler
love making veggie dishes for the family,thank you for this quick recipe x
Camilla
Great Amy, hope they like it-)
glenn hutton
Always good to have a quick & nutritious meal when time is short!
Laura Tovey
I am loving the sound and look of this!!!
Love Mushrooms and love Pasta!!
Camilla
Thanks Laura, I wanted to make this tonight but had run out of cream cheese!
Richard Eldred Hawes
Mushrooms make such a nice and easy pasta dish and quick as well
Camilla
They really do Richard-)
William Gould
We have pasta mixed with various things at least once a week for a quick midweek meal! I’ll add this to the list!
Camilla
Fab William, can’t beat pasta for a quick and tasty meal:-)
joanne casey
Im not vegetarian but as a family we do enjoy vegetarian food at least a couple of times a week. This looks brilliant, quick, easy, cheap and more importantly, family friendly. I think I know whats on the menu tonight!
Camilla
Thanks Joanne, yes we enjoy veggie dishes too:-)
Heather Haigh
Just shows fast food can be fab food.
Camilla
Exactly Heather;-)
Kerry at Kerry Cooks
Loving that you’re converting the family over from kebabs to pasta!
Camilla
LOL it’s an occasional treat for the boys, us girls don’t go there:-)
Sally - My Custard Pie
I know my girls would give this the thumbs up too.
Camilla
Thanks Sally, I’m sure they would:-)
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche
I do love a quick pasta dinner! That tomato and chilli pesto is one of my favourites, it’s got a great kick! Great idea to add cream cheese too.
Camilla
Thanks Becca, I only recently discovered it on the shelves but a must for the cupboard now:-)
Deborah Mackenzie
Wish my hubby ate pasta
Camilla
Gosh I’ve never heard of anyone not liking pasta! Don’t worry though you could always just make this for yourself which I did the 1st time by scaling everything down:-)
Ellen Stafford
This sounds fab. I love mushrooms. Going to try it out. Thanks for sharing.
Camilla
Thank you Ellen:-)
LouiseB
I’m not vegetarian but this looks great and very simple, will be trying this tomorrow!
Camilla
Great Louise:-)
Sarah Cook
<3 Love this simple recipe! looks so tasty. will be trying one day next week!! You can't beat yummy food that you've not had to slave in the kitchen for hours to make <3
Camilla
Thanks Sarah and especially in this heat:-)
Heidi Roberts
This is just the sort of meal we live on when I am hot and tired after a long day at work!! Looks yummy.
Camilla
Thanks Heidi:-)
Kim Styles
This looks truly delicious -going to pin in on my vegetarian board if thats ok
Camilla
Thank you so much Kim of course you can Pin it, I’d be honoured:-)
Sarah Maison Cupcake
That looks super tasty, I love the idea of the egg slicer to do thin mushrooms!
Camilla
Thanks Sarah, yes recent discovery when I bough a new egg slicer that it could do mushrooms too, saves a lot of time and even slices – a win/win-)
Ann Williams
This would be great to make when we have been out for a day walking. The fresh air drums up an appetite that needs satisfying quickly and this fits the bill nicely.
Camilla
Thanks Ann, yes it would be perfect:-)
Hayley Todd
Thank you for this lovely recipe! This looks so easy to make and looks absolutely scrumptious!
Camilla
Thanks Hayley;-)
Maya Russell
The quicker the better and it looks very tasty. Great when you come home from work and don’t really want to spend hours cooking.
Camilla
Thanks Maya, I’m so pleased with this quick meal:-)
Tara
I love that this is such and easy pasta dish. Definitely perfect for when you don’t want to spend all day in the kitchen. It is also a great way to include more vegetables in my son’s meal.
Camilla
Thanks Tara, yes any time saved for other things is a bonus:-)
Holly
This pasta dish looks super yummy! Love that it only took 10 minutes. One questions for you… Did you buy the tomato & chill pesto or did you make it? It sounds AMAZING so I definitely want to use it – thanks!
Camilla
I just discovered it in Tesco recently (own brand) but imagine others do it too!
Lisa
Mushrooms and pasta….a win/win combination!!!
Camilla
Thanks Lisa;-)
Cynthia Rusincovitch
This looks really good and I love how easy and fast it is.
Camilla
Thanks Cynthis:-)
Jessica {Swanky Recipes}
I have a bunch of mushrooms to use up this weekend and this pasta is at the top of my list. I’d love this with a few extra garden veggies we have in abundance!
Camilla
Thanks Jessica:-)
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry
Your 10 min mushroom pasta sounds like just the thing for my bestie who is visiting this weekend.
Camilla
Great Bintu, more time to chat:-)
Isabella
I love quick and easy pasta dinners, this one looks fab! Perfect for busy weekday evenings. Thank you so much for linking to my recipe 🙂
Camilla
Thank you Isabella, yes pasta is a god send for busy people!
Kavey
Cannot beat a quick pasta dinner, such a delicious meal and so easy too!
Camilla
It truly is a life saver:-)