One-Skillet 'BLT' Pasta

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons Pure Wesson® Canola Oil
  • 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
  • 1 can (14.5 oz each) Hunt's® Petite Diced Tomatoes, undrained
  • 1-1/4 cups water
  • 1 cup Hunt's® Tomato Sauce
  • 8 ounces dry rotini pasta, uncooked
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 6 slices fully cooked bacon
  • 1 pkg (6 oz each) baby spinach leaves
  • Kraft® Grated Parmesan Cheese, optional

Directions

  1. Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook 3 to 5 minutes or until tender. Add undrained tomatoes, water, tomato sauce, pasta and garlic salt; stir to combine. Bring to a boil. Cover; reduce heat and cook 12 minutes or until pasta is almost tender.
  2. Meanwhile, heat bacon in microwave according to package directions. Chop bacon; set aside.
  3. Place spinach on top of pasta mixture. Cover; cook 2 to 3 minutes more or until spinach wilts and pasta is tender. Add bacon; stir to combine. Serve with Parmesan cheese, if desired.

Nutritional Information

6 servings (about 1 cup each) Calories 241; Total Fat 7 g(Saturated Fat 1 g); Cholesterol 4 mg; Sodium 635 mg; Carbohydrate 36 g; (Dietary Fiber 4 g, Sugars 5 g); Protein 8 g; Percent Daily Values*: Vitamin A 60%; Vitamin C 30%; Calcium 5%; Iron 15%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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What is FlashSteam®, and why does it matter?

The journey of Hunt's® diced, whole and stewed tomato products begins in California—an ideal location to grow tomatoes. California gets at least eight hours of sunlight daily and is a perfect climate for tomato growth on the vine. Once the tomatoes have been ripened to perfection, they are harvested. On average, 465 trailer loads of tomatoes come down through the valley every single day (Wow!).

Despite the volume, in just ten hours the tomatoes are able to move from raw tomatoes to canning, which helps seal in the freshness and quality of the final product. And due to their short time spent from vine to can; the tomatoes contain no artificial preservatives. But, before the tomatoes can be canned they need to have the skins removed.

It’s at this point when the FlashSteam peeling takes place; all of the 100-percent natural tomatoes are peeled using only water and steam. Besides being a natural way of removing the tomato skins, the FlashSteam process is also incredibly environmentally friendly. The team makes it a point to use each part of the tomato, thus creating no waste, no related transportation energy, and no impact on landfills.