Gnocchi with a Vodka Cream Sauce and Roasted Vegetables

Gnocchi is one of my favorite pastas and is very simple to make and has a nice flavor that separates it from the normal pasta rigmarole. Gnocchi is a potato pasta that cooks quickly and pairs it most anything that a normal pasta does.

This dish always leaves me happy and wishing there were a few more gnocchi left at the bottom of the bowl.


Shopping List:

1) Gnocchi (for 2 people one container will be enough for more I would say buy 1 container for every 2 people)

2) Vodka Tomato Pasta Sauce

3) Cream

4) Garlic (2 cloves)

5) Asparagus

6) Onion

7) Zucchini

8) Yellow Squash

9) Olive Oil

10) Italian Dressing Packet

11) Parmesan cheese

Optional:

Loaf of bread (to make garlic bread)

Fresh Parsley (to chop and serve over the dish, but I don't really like parsley so we aren't doing it)

Chicken (you can actually just throw some seasoned chicken breasts in the oven at the same time as the veggies and they will all be done at the same time)


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To Begin:


To start you will need to preheat your oven to 350.

Clean vegetables and slice up zucchini and squash and half of an onion. For the asparagus it is your choice to leave it long to cut up. Place all items in a plastic baggy with 2 tablespoons olive oil and Italian dressing seasoning. Shake until all veggies are coated.

Place on top of aluminum foil and place another section of aluminum foil over the top. Let roast for about 20-30 minutes or until soft.

About ten minutes into roasting the veggies you can start getting the sauce and gnocchi going. Bring water to a boil and place gnocchi in the water (read the directions for your gnocchi, different kinds want different amounts of time!) for about 8 minutes. Drain and place back in pan.

For the Vodka Cream sauce place Vodka Tomato sauce (about 4 cups worth) in a sauce pot and let it begin to simmer. Pour in about a 1/3 cup cream and 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese. Stir. You can also add a can of diced tomatoes if you want that adds a nice texture and taste.

Once sauce has simmered with cream in it for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and pour in to the pot with the gnocchi in it. Mix well.

Place gnocchi in a bowl and when veggies are done place on top. SOOO good you won't even believe it was so simple to make!