Quick and Easy Tomato and Basil Pasta Recipe

This fresh and delicious tomato and basil pasta recipe makes for a pasta that is both quick and easy to make! It is perfect as a main course or a side dish and only requires 15 minutes! 

Ingredients

• 1 Lb pasta (any pasta of your choice)
• 3 large garlic cloves, sliced 
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 8 ripe medium-sized plum tomatoes, diced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup of chopped basil leaves 
• Parmesan or Romano cheese

Directions

1. Heat oil in a saucepan on medium. Add garlic and tomatoes. Cook and stir ingredients occasionally for 7 minutes or until tomatoes soften. Add salt and pepper to taste. Hint: I prefer to use a potato masher once plum tomatoes soften to burst them into a sauce. 
2. Once sauce is cooking, place pasta of your choice into a pot of salted boiling water, cook until al dente. Add pasta to sauce.
3. Add parmesan or romano cheese and enjoy!