Baked Feta Pasta

Overhead view of feta pasta in a baking dish.

4.80 from 5 votes

This baked Feta Pasta recipe is made with budget-friendly roasted Roma tomatoes, onion, garlic, pasta, and a creamy block of feta! Easy and SO delicious!

Prep Time20

Cook Time40

Total Time1

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Total Cost: $11.05 recipe / $2.76 serving

Servings: servings (2 cups each)

Calories: 614kcal

Author: Jess Rice

Equipment

9x13'' Casserole Dish
Sauce Pan

Ingredients

5 Roma tomatoes diced into 1” pieces, (1 lb 5 oz, 4 cups) $1.20*
3 garlic cloves minced, (1 Tbsp) $0.30
½ yellow onion diced, (1/2 cup) $0.35
1 Tbsp fresh parsley minced, $0.09
½ tsp salt $0.01
¼ tsp black pepper ground, $0.01
⅛ tsp red pepper flakes $0.02
7 oz. block feta $5.44**
½ cup olive oil $1.50
8 oz. rotini pasta half a box, (uncooked) $0.53
1 cup fresh spinach packed, $0.46***
½ Tbsp honey $0.25
½ cup reserved pasta water $0.00
0.25 oz. fresh basil torn, $0.89

Instructions

Gather ingredients. Preheat oven to 400℉.
Wash and dice tomatoes into 1” pieces
Mince garlic, parsley, and dice the halved onion.
Mix tomatoes, garlic, onion, parsley, salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes in a 9x13” casserole dish, making a space in the middle for the block of feta.
Add feta.
Pour olive oil over the feta and the tomato herb mixture. Transfer baking dish to oven for 40 minutes, uncovered.
Meanwhile, cook ½ box of rotini, reserving ½ cup of the pasta water.
Remove feta and tomatoes from the oven after 40 minutes.
Add fresh spinach.
Stir the fresh spinach, honey, and reserved ½ cup of pasta water to the hot baking dish, stirring the feta and tomatoes together and wilting the spinach with their residual heat.
Pour the rotini into the baking dish of sauce and mix it together.
Top with torn fresh basil.

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Notes

*Swapping Roma tomatoes for cherry or grape tomatoes saves about $7+ per recipe. If you want to use cherry or grape, you will need 4 cups for this recipe.

**The feta I used is from Walmart. If you buy your feta elsewhere, it might come in different amounts. Whatever size block you get will be fine, as long as it's around 7 ounces. If your block is larger, your sauce will be creamier. If it is smaller, it will be a little less creamy.

***Frozen spinach will also work in this recipe; I would use ¼ cup if using frozen.

Nutrition

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