If you’re just looking for a quick and easy main dish – this delicious Mushroom Spaghetti Salad will hit the spot. It’s healthy, tasty, and cooks in 20 minutes!
Regular readers will be aware of my love of mushrooms from the amount of mushroom recipes I’ve shared. There’s been mushroom wellington, mushroom tarte tatin, mushroom and caramelised onion polenta squares, and mushroom spinach and feta pies.
Today’s mushroom recipe is this super-easy spaghetti salad, loaded with mushrooms, spinach, and fresh thyme.
The great thing about this dish, is that it’s so simple to put together. By the time the pasta is done cooking, the sauce is ready. Just combine the two, and top with fresh thyme and Parmesan.
This is the recipe to have on standby when you are too exhausted to cook but don’t want to resort to take out or something equally unhealthy.
Let’s Make Mushroom Spaghetti Salad
This recipe is really a variation of my lemon spaghetti, but with delicious mushrooms, thyme, and spring onions. What’s not to love?
Start by cooking your pasta. Of course, this recipe calls for spaghetti, but you can experiment with your favorite noodles! Try shells or rotini — or even orzo!
While your pasta is cooking, you have time to make your mushroom-packed sauce. Put your mushrooms, spring onions, garlic, lemon zest and juice, olive oil, and thyme leaves into your food processor, and process until it’s a thick paste.
When your pasta is done cooking, drain it and top with the sauce.
Mix in the baby spinach, and cover the pot for a few minutes to let the spinach wilt. Serve the spaghetti salad topped with a bit of parmesan cheese and fresh thyme.
If you want to make a vegan version of this spaghetti salad, simply substitute your favorite non-dairy parmesan cheese. Or you can use nutritional yeast to give it a similar crunchy texture.
Some of my other favorite easy vegetarian and vegan dinner recipes are:
- One-Pot Vegan Jambalaya
- One-Pot Vegan Creamy Mushroom Pasta
- 30 Minute Vegan Pho Noodle Soup
- One-Pot Thai Green Curry Noodles
What are your favorite quick and easy dinners?
Spaghetti Salad with Mushroom and Thyme
Ingredients
- 16 oz spaghetti
- 4 cups mushrooms roughly chopped
- juice and zest of 1 large lemon
- 1 cup baby spinach
- 6 spring onions roughly chopped
- 2 cloves garlic roughly chopped
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 tbsp thyme leaves
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1/3 cup parmesan cheese grated
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to the package directions, and while the pasta is cooking assemble the sauce.
- Combine the mushrooms, spring onions, garlic, lemon zest and juice, olive oil and thyme leaves in the food processor and process until it forms a rough paste.
- Drain the pasta and top with the sauce and baby spinach and mix through. Cover with a lid and set aside for a few minutes to let the spinach wilt.
- Serve topped with extra parmesan and additional thyme leaves.
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
December 10, 2012 at 6:52 amSo glad I just saw this on Pinterest. I love mushrooms, can’t wait to try this! 🙂
Jaejaejae says
January 25, 2012 at 9:55 amActually, your dish was much prettier than mine! I need to work on my presentation, which would be improved dramatically simply by adding some garnish.
Jaejaejae says
January 24, 2012 at 6:14 pmThis was delicious! Everyone loved it (and ‘everyone’ encompassed a very broad range of taste buds!). While it is not the prettiest dish (I think it has something to do with the colour!), it is delicious, easy and nutritious.
delicieux says
January 25, 2012 at 6:52 amI agree, it’s not the prettiest dish. In fact, I almost didn’t share the recipe because of how it looks, but how it tastes is the important part. I’m so glad you and your family enjoyed it Jaejaejae. 🙂
Kiran @ KiranTarun.com says
January 15, 2012 at 2:43 amYum! I love mushroom + pasta — I must try this recipe. Though I can’t bring myself topping it with cheese. I wish I had more love for cheeses.
Claire @ Claire K Creations says
January 12, 2012 at 5:50 amI never used to like mushrooms either but now I can’t get enough of them! I’ll definitely be adding this recipe to my repertoire.
delicieux says
January 12, 2012 at 11:15 amI hope you enjoy this recipe Claire 😀
Sara (Belly Rumbles) says
January 12, 2012 at 12:19 amMushrooms and thyme area winning combo. What a lovely dish.
Katherine Martinelli says
January 11, 2012 at 5:00 amThis looks so delicious! Right up my alley! Bookmarking now.
delicieux says
January 12, 2012 at 10:22 amI hope you enjoy Katherine 😀
sarah says
January 11, 2012 at 3:03 amL O V E the flavors in this! And your pictures are just gorgeous! Putting this one on my must-make list for sure!!
delicieux says
January 12, 2012 at 10:23 amThank you Sarah 😀 If you do try it I’d love to hear how it went.
Sanjeeta kk says
January 10, 2012 at 3:39 pmLike such simple yet flavorful recipes..oh, yes and its quick cooking too!
muppy says
January 10, 2012 at 12:26 pmi’m going to cook it next week, looks lovely 🙂
delicieux says
January 10, 2012 at 3:29 pmThank you Muppy 😀 Enjoy!
Kirsty says
January 10, 2012 at 9:42 amThis will be my dinner tonight I think. Too easy!
delicieux says
January 10, 2012 at 3:29 pmI hope you enjoy it Kirsty 😀
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says
January 9, 2012 at 4:44 pmThat looks really good and actually too nice for a quick weekday dinner! I’d imagine serving this to very happy guests 🙂
delicieux says
January 9, 2012 at 5:56 pmYou’re right Lorraine, while it’s quick and easy, it’s certainly impressive enough to serve to guests too 😀
Moya says
January 10, 2012 at 6:19 amI like this recipe because it’s a no cook sauce… a meal in minutes! 🙂
delicieux says
January 10, 2012 at 3:17 pmThanks Moya 😀
[email protected] says
January 9, 2012 at 11:20 amlovely! I really love mushroom so this is for me! 🙂
Kiri W. says
January 9, 2012 at 11:53 pmWow, this looks gloriously creamy and gorgeous! I’ve never food processed mushrooms, but I’m starting to think I should. Great recipe!
Roxana GreenGirl {A little bit of everything} says
January 9, 2012 at 9:48 pmI adore mushrooms and this pasta sounds like a great weeknight dinner. I see big smiles on my family faces test testing this.
delicieux says
January 10, 2012 at 3:16 pmI hope you and your family enjoy it Roxana 😀
[email protected] says
January 9, 2012 at 8:17 pmOh my gosh! This is my ultimate last supper dish I think!!! Mushrooms and pasta are irresistibly good.
delicieux says
January 10, 2012 at 3:15 pmThanks Martyna 😀
thelittleloaf says
January 9, 2012 at 5:56 pmThis looks lovely – earthy, simple and full of punchy flavours for January. Pasta is one of my favourite speedy recipes too, although recently I’ve been cooking up big batches of pulses at the beginning of the week to turn into simple salads after work too.
delicieux says
January 9, 2012 at 6:12 pmI’ve been getting into cooking more pulses and grains too. Expect to see some recipes with pulses and grains soon 😀
jas says
January 9, 2012 at 5:55 pmyummo, I’m totally making this with some gf pasta when the man is away (he’s not a fan of mushies!!)
delicieux says
January 9, 2012 at 5:58 pmIt’s funny, while this recipe is full of mushroom goodness, my fiance’s youngest son, who absolutely HATES mushrooms enjoyed it and even asked for more. I think because the mushrooms are barely cooked it’s a much lighter mushroom flavour and easier for non mushroom lovers to deal with. 😀
Rosa says
January 9, 2012 at 5:13 pmA marvelous pasta dish! What an awesomely tasty combination.
Cheers,
Rosa
Katie @Epicurean Mom says
January 9, 2012 at 3:44 pmOh myG!!!! This sounds soooooooo good!!! Great recipe Jennifer!!
delicieux says
January 9, 2012 at 5:52 pmThank you Katie 😀
beti says
January 9, 2012 at 1:56 pmI’ve never heard about mushroom spaghetti but it looks delicious!
delicieux says
January 9, 2012 at 5:50 pmThank you so much Beti 😀
JasmyneTea says
January 9, 2012 at 1:00 pmLooks delicious and easy, great for a mid-week meal! I used to hate mushrooms with a passion, but luckily I’ve gotten over it and now look forward to recreating this 🙂
Hotly Spiced says
January 9, 2012 at 10:25 amWhat a great looking pasta. This would make a terrific family meal.
delicieux says
January 9, 2012 at 11:34 amThank you 😀
Amanda says
January 9, 2012 at 9:47 amWow- you can’t get much faster, tastier or more nourishing than this ,can you?
Who’d bother with take-aways with a dish like this on hand – not me, that’s for sure.
delicieux says
January 9, 2012 at 11:28 amTrue Amanda, especially if you make the spaghetti yourself, but packet spaghetti is great for those times you want a low effort but delicious meal. 😀 I’m not really a fan of take away, it’s never as nice as what you can make at home, and is usually so full of fat.