Garlic Parmesan Pasta with Basil and Cherry Tomatoes
Garlic Parmesan Pasta with Basil and Cherry Tomatoes is an extremely delicious and simple meal you can make in less than 10 minutes!!
Seriously though… 10 minutes is all it takes!
Cooking is my passion but sometimes I just don't have the time or the energy to make something with a lot of steps involved.
This is the kind of meal you can make in no time at all. It's delicious and satisfying with its yummy parmesan, basil, and garlicky flavors.
It goes awesome with a piece of chicken breast or fish (if you've got time for that!), but it's great all on its own too!
When I'm not cooking, crafting or doing my motherly duties I spend quite a lot of time planning and creating content for Dishes and Dust Bunnies. Creating this site has allowed me to meet and connect with lots of wonderful people online – you are one of them!
Since I'm on the topic I might as well just say it…
I appreciate each and every one of you and it makes me feel so honored that you enjoy stopping by the site to take a look at my recipes, crafts, and writing!
Without you, I probably wouldn't have kept up the motivation to keep creating and posting each week. Dishes and Dust Bunnies has become a real passion and has grown so much since I started last summer! I'm excited to see what the site grows into! 🙂
Anyways, since I just spent half this post telling you how much I love you… let's get the focus back on that tasty garlic parmesan pasta!
It's tasty and simple to make and also a great standby for when you don't have much time to make dinner and would rather write a blog post professing the love you have for your readers! 😉
I hope you enjoy the recipe! Please find it below. 🙂
Garlic Parmesan Pasta with Basil and Cherry Tomatoes
- Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 1 pint of cherry tomatoes, cut each in half
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 1 lb cooked spaghetti
- 1/4 cup Italian style bread crumbs
- pinch of salt
- 3–4 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped
- 1/2 cup reserved water from cooking the pasta
- 1 tsp hot pepper flakes (optional)
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to package directions and reserve 1/2 cup of the water and set aside.
- Drain the pasta and set aside.
- Bring a skillet to medium heat and add the olive oil.
- Add the tomatoes to the pan and give them a stir. Cook them for about 1 minute or until they're softened.
- Add salt and the garlic to the pan. Lower the heat and cook for about 30 seconds.
- Using tongs add the pasta to the skillet and coat with the oil and the tomatoes.
- Add reserved pasta water.
- Turn off the heat.
- Add cheese, bread crumbs and basil and use the tongs to make sure everything is coated.
- Remove from heat and serve.
I'd love to hear from you so please feel free to leave a comment in the comment section below! 🙂
OMG Just the look of this – I already know how delicious this would be!
This sounds like an amazing dish! I’m always looking for new pasta dishes and I definitely plan on trying this one! Thank you for sharing.
That looks really good! It’s also just occurred to me that I haven’t eaten dinner… Bad move, before reading this post! lol
Sounds like a delish dish. I think I’ve had a version of it at a restaurant before so I may even take a stab at making this.
Oh yum! This looks absolutely delicious and it’s simple enough to be a busy weeknight meal. I love it!
I am LOVING tomatoes on everything. Pasta sounds so good for tonight. Gotta try it!
This meal looks delicious and is right up my alley, and looks delicious. I love garlic and Parmesan together in meals too. I have personally never added cherry tomatoes to my pasta before.
We love pasta and your recipe is so easy and quick to prepare. Gotta love that! I love cherry tomatoes too but I’m not sure if I already had a pasta with them in it. Must be so yummy!
I love incorporating cherry tomatoes in recipes. I’ll definitely have to try this one!
Such a simple and tasty recipe. I make something similar. So full of flavor and doesn’t take a long time to make.
Hi Michelle, I love garlic – and pasta with butter – and this really looks so very tasty and doable – just glad to have the recipe, also – thank you 🙂
What a great looking dish. Thanks for this recipe. I love tomatoes so this would be great.
Omg! This looks absolutely delicious!!!! I’m a huge pasta fan so this will definitely be getting pinned so I can try it myself!!!
Anything with garlic I immediately say sign me up, especially if it’s pasta related. I’ll definitely be trying this recipe out for the whole family, it looks easy enough that I won’t even be able to mess it up haha.
I am not fond of garlic but my husband would love this. Thanks for sharing.
I really do love pasta, the more parmesan on it the better! I really like the addition of the cherry tomatoes too 🙂
This dish looks amazing. My whole family would love me if I made this for them.
Oh this sounds like a side dish that my kids would love! Pasta is always a hit with them at dinner time.
This looks absolutely delicious! We have been eating out way too much lately and every home cooked meal I see looks like paradise.
This looks so simple to make i will have to try it on one of my busy nights. It looks delicious i am sure my family will love it.
This looks great! I’m going to have to try this soon! Thank you for showing me the recipe!
Yum! I will have to make this for sure! Sounds devine! I love anything with garlic and Parmesan!
Mmmmm, looks great. I’ll be passing this along to my hubby to make for us since he does all of our cooking. Looks very tasty and I love cherry tomatoes. Thank you for sharing.
I’d really love to try this recipe. I just made a spot to plant some cherry tomatoes but now that I’ve seen your recipe, I know I won’t be able to wait for them to grow to try this. Thanks so much for sharing!!
Yum! I’ll definitely be making this for the family this weekend. Thanks for sharing!