Baked Feta and Cherry Tomato Pasta (gluten-free)

This Baked Feta and Cherry Tomato Pasta (gluten-free) is so easy to make with just a few simple ingredients. This recipe comes together for a healthy and delicious meal on a busy weeknight.

This recipe for baked feta pasta is my spin on the suuuuper popular recipe from a few years ago.

Baked feta pasta came storming onto TikTok and the food world never looked back🍝

I mean, when you combine ingredients like baked feta with tomatoes and olive oil, it's no wonder the recipe took off like a rocket🚀

And it does NOT disappoint in the taste department!

Jump to:

• 🍝Why you'll love this recipe
• 📝Ingredients for baked feta and tomato pasta
• 🔪Instructions
• 🔄Substitutions
• 🍽️What to serve with baked feta and tomato pasta
• 🥡Leftovers and Freezing
• ❓Why doesn't my baked feta get creamy?
• Ground Turkey Pasta Sauce (Instant Pot Recipe)
• 🧀What else can I make with feta cheese?
• 📖 Recipe
• 💬 Comments

🍝Why you'll love this recipe

This version of baked feta pasta gets a boost in nutrition here with some red peppers - hello more vitamin C and fibre.

And yes, you need your blender for this recipe but trust me: it's worth the extra step of lugging it onto your countertop.

Because you'll blitz the feta-tomato sauce into a creamy, silky texture.

And to serve - it's so easy! You'll cook up some gluten-free pasta and after getting the pasta sauce on, you'll top with some fresh basil.

It's truly pasta perfection🍝

Bottom line: this is a weeknight dinner recipe you'll want to make again and again.

For more gluten-free dinner recipes, check out these awesome recipes too:

📝Ingredients for baked feta and tomato pasta

• Feta cheese
• Cherry tomatoes
• Red, yellow or orange pepper
• Fresh garlic cloves
• Olive oil
• Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper
• Cooked, gluten-free pasta (I'm lovin' Banza pasta these days)
• Fresh basil or fresh parsley for serving
• Some reserved water from the pasta for blending

🔪Instructions

This feta tomato pasta is super easy to make too.

Here's the high level steps:

Serve on cooked, gluten-free pasta!

More tips below.

See the recipe card at the bottom for the full instructions.

🔄Substitutions

• Feta cheese - if you only have the crumbled feta, you can use that instead of the block of feta cheese for this pasta recipe. Just be sure before baking it, that you toss the feta with the tomatoes, peppers and olive oil. And if you use the crumbled feta, decrease the baking time by ~8 minutes and stir halfway.
• Peppers - yellow, red, or orange peppers will do the trick in this recipe. I don't recommend green peppers though as they just don't get as sweet when roasted
• Cherry tomatoes - you can use full sized tomatoes instead of cherry tomatoes in this recipe. Just roughly chop them up before placing in the baking dish for roasting
• Dried red pepper flakes - like it hot? Sprinkle some dried red chili flakes onto the feta before baking it to spice things up

🍽️What to serve with baked feta and tomato pasta

Get your greens in for a totally delicious and healthy meal. Try any of these gluten-free sides with this pasta recipe:

If you use gluten-free pasta like Banza pasta, you're getting some extra protein too.

Fun fact: Banza pasta has about 1.5 times more protein than regular pasta and 3 times more fibre. Win!🏅

🥡Leftovers and Freezing

Leftover feta and tomato sauce can be kept in the fridge for up to 3 days. Store any leftover sauce separate from cooked pasta.

When you're ready to eat, just re-heat and toss with cooked, gluten-free pasta.

The tomato feta pasta sauce can also be frozen. Once you make it, allow it to cool down, and put it in an air-tight container.

The sauce will be good in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge before using.

❓Why doesn't my baked feta get creamy?

Feta cheese doesn't really melt and get all ooey gooey like a goat cheese or even a typical cheddar cheese.

When you blend this recipe for baked feta with tomatoes in the food processor, it may still have "grains" or specks of feta cheese. And that's okay!

🧀What else can I make with feta cheese?

Feta cheese is one of my most favourite cheeses.

It's super versatile and tastes delicious on it's own (thank you salt!)

Here are some yummy, gluten-free recipes with feta:

And you can't go wrong with a simple Greek-inspired salad: chopped cherry tomatoes, diced cucumbers, diced red onion, crumbled feta with some olive oil, fresh lemon juice with some salt, oregano and basil = YUM.

Hope you love this recipe like we do.

If you try the recipe, please do rate and comment - I love hearing from you🙋‍♀️

~April

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