This green onion pasta recipe with a creamy yet light cream cheese sauce and lots of vegetables is quick to make, healthy, and super satisfying!
This is a wonderfully creamy dish of spaghetti with green onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. It provides a lot of creaminess and comfort without the use of any calorie-laden heavy cream. Just some low-fat cream and milk, yet a lot of taste.
Who doesn't love spaghetti? I really cannot think of anyone who would say no to a nice bowl of comforting spaghetti with a creamy sauce full of veggies like green onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes.
Try more pasta dishes with veggies: Aubergine Spaghetti, Pasta Sauce with Eggplants, Vegetable Lasagna with White Sauce (or Bechamel Sauce), or Vegan Pasta Lentil Soup.
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Recipe ingredients
Vegetables: Green onions or scallions. Spring onions can be used instead (spring onions are pretty much the same thing, just that they have a thicker bulb than the green onions or the scallions have). You will also need red bell peppers, tomatoes, and garlic.
Dairy for the sauce: Low-fat milk (about 1,5%) and lower-fat cream cheese (about 16%, I would not go any lower). Try this delicious Cream Cheese Pasta, too.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
How to make green onion pasta?
- Step #1: Cook the pasta. Prepare the vegetables during this time: chop the peppers and finely slice the green onions. Deseed and chop the tomatoes, grate the garlic.
- Step #2: Saute the vegetables for 4-5 minutes until they are softer.
- Step #3: Whisk milk, cream cheese, vegetable broth, and tomato paste. Set aside.
- Step #4: Add the sugar to the veggies in the pan and let caramelize slightly for about 1 minute.
- Step #5: Add the tomatoes, garlic, and cream cheese sauce. Season with salt, pepper, and chili to taste.
- Step #6: Simmer until the sauce thickens and the vegetables soften.
- Step #7: Mix the cream cheese sauce with the drained pasta.
Store and reheat
The green onion pasta is best served immediately.
If you want to reheat the leftovers, do it in a nonstick pan and add a good splash of milk to the pan. Stir well.
Green Onion Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 lb spaghetti whole wheat or regular
- 2 medium red bell peppers
- 1 bunch green onions
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dry Italian herbs
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup low-fat milk 1,5 % fat
- 4 tablespoons low-fat cream cheese
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 medium tomatoes
- 4 large garlic cloves
- fine sea salt and pepper
- some pure chili powder to taste
Instructions
- Cook pasta: Place a large pot of water on the hob and let it come to a boil. When the water starts to boil, add salt generously and cook the spaghetti according to the package's instructions.1 lb spaghetti/ 450 g
- Chop: In the meantime, chop the bell peppers into small cubes and cut the green onions into thin rings.2 medium red bell peppers + 1 bunch green onions
- Saute: Heat the oil in a large cast-iron or nonstick pan and cook the peppers and the green onions for about 5 minutes until they soften.1 tablespoon olive oil
- Chop: In the meantime, remove the seeds of the tomatoes and chop them into small cubes. Grate the garlic cloves.2 medium tomatoes + 4 large garlic cloves
- Whisk: Mix the milk, cream cheese, vegetable broth, and tomato paste in a bowl and whisk carefully until smooth. Set aside.1 cup low-fat milk/ 250 ml + 4 tablespoons low-fat cream cheese + 1 cup vegetable broth/ 250 ml + 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- Caramelize: Add the sugar to the pan with the vegetables and let caramelize slightly for about 1 minute.1 teaspoon sugar
- Combine: Add the tomatoes, garlic, and cream cheese sauce to the vegetables in the pan. Add herbs, salt and pepper to taste and chili powder if you wish to have a hotter dish.1 teaspoon dry Italian herbs + fine sea salt and pepper + some pure chili powder
- Cook: Let cook gently until the vegetables are soft and the sauce thickens.
Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says
Anything skinny and I am sold. This spaghetti looks so delicious, Adina. This is so cute and would definitely bring a smile to everyone’s face!
Adina says
Thank you, Anu. 🙂
Priya says
Yummy bowl of pasta... I love spring onions and I like the way you use it in recipe
Adina says
Thank you, Priya.
Chris Scheuer says
It looks so pretty - on top of sounding delicious!
Adina says
Thank you, Chris. 🙂
Roland says
Can´t wait to eat it again : )
Adina says
Soon, mein Schatz. 🙂
Thao @ In Good Flavor says
Some nights I crave for something light and veggie filled, and this is perfect! It looks so pretty too!
Adina says
Thank you, Thao.
Balvinder says
I’m not much of a spaghetti person but the skinny green onion sauce has totally sold me on it!
Adina says
Thank you. You could try it with rice or potatoes as well, I'm sure it would work.
Liz says
This looks SO delicious!! Do you think I could substitute something else in place of the cream cheese? Loving the addition of green onion 🙂
Adina says
If you want to make this dish vegan, you could try using soy cream instead of milk and cream cheese, it is thicker than milk. Otherwise I would thicken the sauce with some starch and use some Parmesan for the cheesy taste.
Monica says
This is calling my name! Pasta is always a winner, especially when creamy sauce is involved. Just want to sit down and dig right in!
Adina says
Pasta is goooood, sometimes I wish I would like it a little bit less.... 🙂
Jess @ Sweetest Menu says
That is one seriously good looking bowl of pasta! Wow! Just love that it is packed full of veggies too!
Adina says
Thank you, Jess. 🙂
sue|theviewfromgreatisland says
These types of easy from the pantry pastas are favorites in our house - for obvious reasons! Love the name of this one!
Adina says
Same here with the pantry pasta, when I think of it I rarely ever buy something special to make pasta, it is normally something I cook on a Sunday or when I don't want to go shopping.
Adina says
Thanks, Cheyanne, I hope you try this. 🙂
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary says
You had me at skinny! 😉 I definitely love spaghetti and green onions, so this pasta is toe-ts calling my name! Cheers, girl!