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One-Pot Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Mushroom Cream

Nutty whole wheat spaghetti cooked right in a rosemary mushroom cream with cannellini beans, blistered cherry tomatoes, zucchini and kale, finished with a gentle chili kick and Parmesan.

One-Pot Whole Wheat Spaghetti with Mushroom Cream

Ingredients

  • 12 oz340 gWhole-wheat pasta, dryspaghetti, broken in half
  • 4 cups950 gWater
  • 1 cup (240 ml)250 gWhole milk
  • 4¼ cups sliced300 gWhite mushroomssliced
  • 1½ medium300 gZucchinidiced
  • 5¾ cups chopped120 gKalestems removed, chopped
  • 1⅓ cups200 gCherry tomatoes
  • 1⅓ cups250 gGreat northern or cannellini beans, canned, drained and rinsed
  • ¼ cup60 gCream cheesesoftened
  • ⅓ cup grated30 gGrated Parmesan
  • 1 medium100 gRed onionfinely diced
  • 4 cloves12 gGarlicminced
  • 1½ tbsp20 gOlive oil
  • ¾ tsp1 gDried rosemarycrumbled
  • ½ tsp1 gCrushed red pepper
  • ¾ tsp5 gSalt
  • ¾ tsp2 gBlack pepper

Steps

  1. Prep first: slice the mushrooms, dice the zucchini and red onion, mince the garlic, chop the kale, break the whole wheat spaghetti in half and soften the cream cheese.
  2. Heat half the olive oil in a large wide pot over medium-high heat. Add the cherry tomatoes and cook 4 minutes until blistered and starting to burst; transfer to a bowl.
  3. Add the remaining half of the olive oil and the mushrooms to the pot. Cook 6 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until browned.
  4. Add the red onion and zucchini and cook 4 minutes until the onion softens, then stir in the garlic, rosemary and red pepper flakes for 1 minute.
  5. Pour in the water and milk, add the salt, and bring to a gentle boil.
  6. Add the spaghetti and great northern beans, pressing the pasta under the liquid. Simmer uncovered 11 to 12 minutes, stirring often so it doesn't stick, until the pasta is al dente and the liquid has thickened into a sauce.
  7. Stir in the kale and cook 2 minutes until wilted.
  8. Turn off the heat and stir in the cream cheese, Parmesan and black pepper until creamy; let stand 3 minutes to thicken.
  9. Serve topped with the blistered cherry tomatoes.

Contains: Milk, Gluten.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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