Pasta Primavera

If you need a quick and easy meal that also happens to be meatless, you are going to love this Pasta Primavera!  It is delicious.  Denton talked about this for two days and asked me to make it again immediately.  He loved it!

You could also add in whatever meat you like and it would be delicious too.  You just won’t be able to eat it on a Meatless Monday.

Here’s how I make it:

Pasta Primavera Start out with your favorite pasta – I wanted Farfalle for some reason – and whatever vegetables you have on hand.  Literally.  You can use anything that you love and want to add.  I will say that next time I will leave out the peas, we just didn’t like them in this dish, but use whatever floats your boat.I like to shave my carrots for salads and when I want them to cook at the same time as other veggies that don’t take forever to cook.  Plus they are pretty this way.

We all love squash…..And zucchini ……I almost never buy red onion, but wanted to try it for this recipe specifically and I’m so glad that I did.  It was awesome.Green pepper……Add it all to a deep pan and sauté…..

Meanwhile boil your pasta until al dente…You’ll also need parmesan cheese.  I would normally use the shaved kind but we ate it all and this is what we had….

I also added a couple of heaping tablespoons of my favorite minced garlic to the sautéed vegetables….

At the last minute I added some grape tomatoes so that they didn’t turn into mush…..

And frozen peas, which I will leave out next time.

But man oh man, this was delicious just by itself.Sprinkle over your cheese…Make sure to keep back some of your pasta water to loosen the sauce in your pan….
Dump in your pasta….
Mix everything together….And voila!  Supper is complete.

Pasta Primavera

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

  • 16 ounces pasta
  • vegetables of your choice
  • 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
  • 2 TBSP minced garlic

Instructions
 

  • Chop all of your vegetables.
  • Boil the pasta until al dente.
  • Saute all of the vegetables until tender.
  • Add the garlic, parmesan cheese and tomatoes if you are adding them.
  • Add the cooked pasta and pasta water if needed.
  • Stir everything together and serve!

Pasta Primavera