I’m always on the lookout for new sauces and ingredients to spice up ordinary pasta dishes.

Total cooking time: 30 minutes

You’ll need:

• 1 pound penne pasta
• 1 14oz can quartered artichoke hearts
• 1 28oz can diced tomatoes with juice
• 1/2 large sweet or yellow onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup vegetable broth
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• Salt and pepper

Instructions:

1. Cook pasta in salted water, reserving 1/2 cup pasta water.
2. In a large skillet or saucepan, heat olive oil to medium-high heat. Add onions and saut? for 5 minutes.
3. Add garlic and red pepper flakes. Cook for 1 minute.
4. Stir in diced tomatoes, artichokes, vegetable broth, salt and pepper. Cover pot and simmer sauce on medium-low for 10 minutes.
5. Remove lid and continue to simmer until sauce thickens.
6. Toss pasta with sauce, adding pasta water as needed. Serve!

Source: Adapted from a recipe by Simply Whisked.