Quick and Easy Vegetarian Pasta
- 50 grams pine nuts
- 3 carrots
- 3 zucchini
- 2 cloves garlic (I personally would add a little more, but the kids wouldn't be so keen.)
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 500 grams curly fettucine pasta
- 1 lemon
- 2 tbsp basil
- 2 tbsp parsley
- 75 grams parmesan cheese
- Toast pine nuts and set aside.
- Grate parmesan cheese and set aside.
- Roughly chop parsley and basil and peel garlic.
- Grate the rind of the lemon and set aside
- Boil the water for the pasta.
- Peel the skin off the zucchini, then use the peeler to create "ribbons" of zucchini.
- Peel the skin off the carrot and then peel ribbons of carrot.
- Add oil to pan and cook garlic for a minute or so.
- Add veggies and sauté very lightly.
- While sautéing veggies, begin cooking pasta.
- Drain pasta, then quickly return to pan.
- Add veggies to the pasta in the pan, then add herbs, lemon and cheese and lightly mix.
- Serve and top with toasted pine nuts.
- A lovely reader suggested adding extra nuts or a dollop of cottage cheese or crumbled fetta to each bowl to oomph up the protein content!
Recipe by Planning With Kids at https://planningwithkids.com/2012/09/23/vegetarian-pasta/
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