Quick & Easy Dinner Featuring: Barilla Ready Pasta

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As a full time working young professional, part time blogger and soccer coach I am always looking for delicious, yet quick dinner ideas for my busy work week that are also budget friendly.

In today’s post I wanted to share a recipe that is my latest obsession: Barilla Ready Pasta. When I found out the Barilla Ready Pasta is ready in the microwave in only 60 seconds, I knew it was right up my alley. During the week, when I get home after a long day of work and then the gym, I don’t want to spend hours cooking dinner. Made with only 3 simple ingredients; sea salt, olive oil and pasta, it makes the perfect dinner. I found the entire Barilla Ready Pasta selection at Walmart, which includes Gemelli, Penne, Elbows and Rotini. To go with my pasta, I picked out the Barilla Marinara Sauce, which is also available in the pasta aisle at Walmart.

The Barilla brand stands for the joy of healthy and pleasurable eating. Italian pasta provides the perfect canvas for a nutritious meal and is the best recipe for good living. I grew up eating pasta and still love it to this day. Not only does pasta allow you to express your individuality through its versatility and variety, but it also is constantly reinventing itself, sparking new trends like the Barilla Ready Pasta.  Having the ability to whip up a delicious pasta dish in 60 seconds with the Barilla Ready Pasta is so exciting and perfect for hard working young professionals like myself. The prices are also hard to beat. I just purchased a house so I am even more dedicated to maintaining a budget each month. Picking up products like the Barilla Ready Pasta and Marinara Sauce at Walmart for under $5 is amazing. The Barilla Ready Pasta is a total win for both my taste buds and my wallet.

For those of you who do not know, pasta is an important part of the Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean Diet is a healthy way of eating inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of the Mediterranean region. It incorporates a variety of quality food groups that should be eaten often in reasonable quantities, including pasta. Barilla products are made with few, wholesome ingredients to provide a simple and natural way to enjoy eating.

One of my favorite ways to prepare the Barilla Ready Pasta is with broccoli. I purchased the Walmart’s Marketside pre-cut Broccoli florets that are also microwaveable. Once my Barilla Ready pasta, broccoli and Marinara Sauce are heated up in the microwave to my desire, I mix everything up and have a delicious and healthy meal. What is amazing about Barilla Ready pasta is you can add what you’d like to the dish whether that is protein, veggies, or cheese.

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Now its your turn, have you tried Barilla Ready Pasta before? If not, do you plan to check it out soon? Please feel free to let me know down in the comments.

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