Quick & Easy Pasta Strata Recipe

This Quick & Easy Pasta Strata Recipe is a healthy twist on a traditional favorite.  Adding chickpea and lentil pasta to the dish and eliminating the bread gives you a healthy dose of protein and fiber without sacrificing those delicious flavors.

Everyone loves an easy strata over the holidays, right?  It’s especially handy when you’ve got a houseful of guests and don’t want to be busy at the stove instead of spending precious family and friend time.

This dish can be prepared the night before and assembled in the morning for an easy and nutritious breakfast.

This is another dish that you can get creative with:

• Use Chickapea Pasta shells, spirals or penne
• Some red peppers and mushrooms would be delicious with this if that’s your thing
• You can use sausage, ground chicken or pork or leave it out entirely and have a vegetarian strata
• Use your favorite cheese if you’re not all about cheddar .  Parmesan would work very well.
• Use your favorite tomato based sauced – marinara, arrabiata, garlic and basil or totally turn the tables and go alfredo!

This is why I love to cook because you can let your imagination take over.  It doesn’t need to be precise (most times) and you can discover your creative genius in the kitchen using all your favorite ingredients.

It’s as easy as layering pasta/cheesy beef tomato sauce/more pasta/egg mixture – Presto!  This will be on your breakfast table!

I have lots of blogger friends who cook with Chickapea Pasta as well and here are some of the healthy dishes being created in their kitchens these days:

• Baked Eggplant Parmesan (Gluten-Free)  |  Vitamin Sunshine
• 25 Ways to Stuff Your Veggies | Peas and Crayons
• One Bowl Gingerbread Waffles | Flavor the Moments

Share your holiday and every day creations with me on Instagram by tagging @simplyfreshdinners and using the hashtag #simplyfreshdinners so I can see what you’re doing in your kitchen too.  Cheers!