A one-pot vegetarian pasta dish filled with seasonal ingredients and flavors. This Savory Pumpkin Pasta is a sweet and savory comfort food meal that your whole family will love!
If you’re looking for vegetarian comfort food…look no further than this Savory Pumpkin Pasta with Feta and Arugula! It’s the perfect expression of fall flavor in a pasta dish. Filled with creamy deliciousness and totally meatless.
The creaminess of the pumpkin makes for a great alternative to a heavy cream sauce, the beans boost the plant-based protein, the arugula adds a nice zesty tang, the pumpkin seeds add a bit of crunch, and the feta is the perfect savory accompaniment to all the other ingredients!
Easily make this dish vegan, by swapping out the feta cheese for vegan feta cheese like VioLife brand!
Savory Pumpkin Pasta
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: pasta
Ingredients
12 oz gluten-free or whole wheat rotini pasta
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 of a white sweet onion, diced
1/2 tbsp coconut oil
2 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp dried rosemary
1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 can of pumpkin puree
1/2 cup low sodium veggie broth
1 15 oz can white beans, rinsed and drained
salt and pepper, to taste
4 oz fresh arugula
1/2 cup crumbled feta
2 tbsp olive oil
1/4 cup roasted pumpkin seeds
Instructions
Cook pasta according to instructions. Meanwhile, in a large saute pan melt coconut oil and saute onion, garlic, and spices until translucent. Add pumpkin puree, veggie broth, salt and pepper, and beans. Simmer on low until heated through. Once pasta is done cooking, remove sauce from heat and mix in the pasta, feta, arugula, and olive oil. Top with more feta and roasted pumpkin seeds to serve.
Notes
Swap out feta for vegan feta to make vegan.
Keywords: main dish, pasta, pumpkin, vegetarian, one pot meal, gluten-free, meat-free, dinner, healthy dinner
This is a great dish for meat-lovers and vegetarians alike! With so much flavor and texture, no one will miss the meat and you’ll be satisfied from the heartiness of this meal. You could even roast your own fresh pumpkin and make a puree if you’re feeling ambitious and really want to use as much seasonal produce as possible! Opt for a pie pumpkin as those are the sweetest and will contrast nicely with the salty feta and pumpkin seeds.
I went with gluten-free rotini pasta for this dish, but any whole grain pasta would work well! Gluten-free bean based pastas and whole grain pastas have more fiber and protein than white varieties and to me they TASTE better too!
Check out some of these other healthy pasta recipes…
Grain-Free Pasta and Bean Balls
Low-Carb KETO Chicken Parmesan
2-Ingredient Butternut Squash Gnocchi
What’s your favorite type of pasta sauce?
Are you a fan of pumpkin in savory dishes?
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Pumpkin Pasta! Now that’s something unheard of. I also associated pumpkin with sweet things.
It is soooo good in this dish!! Let me know if you try it!
WOW your meals look amazing!! I hardly ever see savory pumpkin recipes, so I like this! my favorite pasta sauce is carbonara!
Thanks girl! Can you believe I’ve never had carbonara?! It’s probably because I don’t eat red meat but I should try to make some with turkey bacon! Who doesn’t love eggs and bacon together!
LOVE the idea of pumpkin pasta!!! Yum!
It is delicious!! You’ll have to try it!!
I make a lot of savory pumpkin pastas this season. They are always different. Yours looks great! I’ll have to try adding feta and pumpkin seeds–those are both new ideas for me.
This week I lent $20 to a colleague who asked for $5–her credit union’s computers were down and weren’t accepting her deposit. She asked for $5 but I knew she needed gas AND dinner, on the way to a gig [we are both musicians…oy!]. She gave me a thoughtful card and a bar of dark chocolate the next time she saw me, along with the $20 repaid. We both felt good after that exchange!
wow girl! Can I come over for dinner?? 😉 This looks awesome!
Thanks Brittany! Hope you try it!!
ah CONGRATS on your recipe being selected! Not surprised, you’re quite the recipe creator! THIS LOOKS SO TASTY, got me craving pasta, and I LOVEEEEE PUMPKIN and all things creamy 🙂
Thanks Amber!! Let me know if you try it!!
Love the rosemary in this pumpkin pasta – Congrats on your win last time!!! That IS HUGE!!! Good luck this time!
Thank you so much Shashi!
ooh pumpkin pasta! Yummy
It was so good!
Yum! I’m all about savory pumpkin sauces. 🙂
Yes!! Yours from last week looked amazing! Pinned it
Yum! This looks delicious!
I’m not a huge pasta fan but I’m a MASSIVE pumpkin fan! Reckon that sauce would be great on pretty much anything – and now I have a craving for roasted broccoli… love your eats!
Thanks Cat! Let me know if you try it!
I have been looking for a savory pumpkin sauce, thanks for sharing! I’m thinking about incorporating spaghetti squash 🙂
Ooooh double the squash love! I like!
Mmmmm, looks incredible! Hooray for savory pumpkin recipes, too! They are so hard to find. 🙂
Thank you!! Hope try it!!
awesome recipe! I love the savory side of pumpkin too!
Thank you!! Me too!
I love that you combined rosemary and thyme with pumpkin pie spice…I always think that nutmeg and cinnamon are underrated for their abilities to amp up savory dishes. 🙂
Agreed! I love using all those same spices in butternut squash soup! Yum.
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Great combo of ingredients! Thanks for linking up with us and hope you will visit the hostesses pages and other great recipes in the link up. Hope to see you again next week
Thanks for hosting Deborah!
This looks so interesting! I’m gonna have to try it!
Yay! Let me know how you like it!
This is a very unique recipe that sounds and looks delicious. I love pumpkin and the idea of the greens in it. Thanks so much for sharing on Real Food Fridays.
Thanks for hosting!
I actually just discovered using pumpkin as a pasta sauce a couple of weeks ago (and fell in love with it) so I will have to give this recipe a try very soon. As I too am a big fan of pasta. Thanks for sharing.
Yay! Let me know how you like it!!
I love how healthy, simple and seasonal your pumpkin pasta dish is… pinned. Thanks for bringing it by Weekend Bites.
Thanks for hosting!
Just want you to know that your recipe is being featured on Weekend Bites today. I will be pinning and tweeting it this week too.
Thank you for hosting!! 🙂
Healthy and tasty too! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays at http://www.honestmum.com
Thank you!
Oooo this sounds so good! I’ll have to try a gluten free version!
Yup just switch out the pasta and you’re all set!! 🙂
I can’t believe pumpkin is coming back already! I’m not ready for it. But oh, how I love it.
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This looks delicious! I was just thinking about a pumpkin pasta. Pinned and tweeted!
Thank you so much Carly! Enjoy the recipe!!
Sounds as good as it looks! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party. Have a great rest of the week!
Thanks Helen!