Get Ready for a 15-Minute Broccoli Pasta Masterpiece

We're taking a box of pasta, some broccoli, and a few simple ingredients and turning it into this. If it's been a long day and you're standing in the kitchen thinking to yourself, what am I going to even cook for dinner? Don't worry, I got you. And for those of you who've been cooking your way through our 15-minute series, you already know we're not about to be cooking in this kitchen for a whole hour. And wait until I show you what makes this dish super creamy, because it's something most of us usually throw away. Now let's get cooking. First things first, let's get a large pot of salt water going. Because this is a 15-minute dinner, we ain't got time to sit there watching water boil. We got things to do. While this heats up, let's get our veggies ready. I'm cutting my broccoli into fairly small florets, because remember, we're trying to get dinner on the table fast. And the smaller we cut these, the quicker they're going to cook. I'm also getting my garlic ready right now, because once the pasta goes in, everything goes pretty fast. And you know how much I love me some garlic. All right, our water's boiling, so now we can get that pasta in. Give it a quick stir so nothing sticks together. While this cooks, we're going to make our sauce. In my skillet, I'm adding a little vegan butter. And you can absolutely use olive oil if that's what you have on hand. Now in goes the garlic. Give it about 30 seconds, just until you can smell it. And keep an eye on your heat. We want that garlic fragrance, not burnt. We're adding a little flour to create a roux to thicken up the sauce a bit. Now add your unsweetened plant milk. And please, make sure it's unsweetened, because nobody wants vanilla broccoli pasta. Ask me how I know. Give that a good stir, and let it gently come together while our pasta continues cooking. You know that 5 o'clock feeling you get when you're like, what do I even make for dinner? Instead of digging around on the web, I have everything right here on my Divine Chef Budget-Friendly Eats app. Budget dinners you won't find on the channel or on my website. You can save your favorites and skim a whole catalog right at your fingertips. I use it all the time, and I really think you'll love it, too. I'll leave a link in the description below so you can check it out. Now when your pasta has just a few minutes left, grab that broccoli. We're going to add it right into the pot with the pasta. This is going to lightly blanch our broccoli so it cooks through, but it keeps some texture. Now our pasta is al dente, and the broccoli is cooked just right. But first, before you toss out the water, save some of it. Remember at the beginning I told you there was one thing I didn't want you to throw away? I know it doesn't look very exciting, but trust me. All that starch released from the pasta is going to help our sauce become silky and creamy and help it cling to every piece of the pasta. So while the sauce is cooking, if you need to add a little bit more salt, the Parmesan, a little bit of garlic, now's the time to do it while it's in the pot, OK, before you add the broccoli and the pasta. So we save that pasta water just in case we need to thin it out a bit. So I add a little splash of it, but you may or may not need it, OK? Look how gorgeous that looks already. Come on now. 15 minutes ago, that was a bag of broccoli in the fridge and a box of pasta in the pantry. And look what we made. You've got to be proud of yourself at this point. This is exactly why I love these kind of meals, simple ingredients making real good food. Now I need your help with the next one. Go to your fridge and tell me in the comments, what's that one vegetable in your refrigerator that always sit there that you don't know what to do with? Tell me below. I might take your ingredients and turn it to our next 15-minute meal. And if you enjoy hanging out with me here, go join my sub stack for exclusive content and a look into my life beyond the kitchen. Thank you for watching, and I'll see you on the next video. Bye for now.