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Inside The Kitchen: Summer Pasta

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Admittedly, my husband doesn’t like it when I make this pasta. I always end of making it when I’m not eating with him. He is a tomato sauce kind of guy. I MUCH rather have garlic and oil!!

Yesterday was a cr-azy day for me. I had MULTIPLE conference calls and about a ga-zillion emails. I couldn’t leave my house and Bill was nice enough to take the kids to the park for HOURS to give me the quiet I needed to get through it all. In between calls, I whipped my summer pasta up and made the full pound so we can all have leftovers tonight. Bill is usually a “salad guy” in the evening anyway.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 red onion
  • 6 cloves of garlic
  • 1 bag of frozen broccoli
  • 1 tomato
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper

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Step 1: Chop everything and cook on medium heat. Start with the onions and garlic (I use a microplane) and about a 1/4 cup of oil. Then add the frozen broccoli and cook through. Salt and Pepper and when you have about 4 minutes left of cooking time, throw in a chopped up tomato.

** If you feel that there isn’t enough oil in the pan you can always add more OR you can add 1/4 cup of the pasta water. Sometimes I do both.

Step 2: After your pasta boils, toss together with mixture and let sit for a few minutes.

You can add cheese if you’d like, but I eat it just like this. YUM! You can also do this with ANY type of vegetable on hand. Zucchini, asparagus, squash, roasted peppers – whatever you have – throw it in!

Do you have a recipe you’d like to share? I would love an invite inside your kitchen. Send me an email with pictures and step by step instructions.

Vera Sweeney, Featured Mom of the week | Mama's Little Helper

Monday 21st of March 2011

[...] recipe with Mama’s Little Helper readers.  She sent me a link for this yummy sounding dish, Summer Pasta, her favorite meal that she makes often.  Vera enjoys cooking and regularly posts her recipes [...]

Dragonfly311

Monday 28th of June 2010

I made this recipe and it was a hit! We aren't huge tomato fans so I will leave them out next time but other than that it was awesome! I think next time I make it I will add some bell peppers and mushrooms and...who knows! But seriously, it was awesome hot or cold with Parmesan cheese!

KissKiss

Friday 25th of June 2010

That looks delicious!

Vera

Thursday 24th of June 2010

yeah! so happy you guys are liking them! ;) yes, the kids eat this one. But you should dice the onions much more than I did this time. Natalie got a little picky.

Kay

Thursday 24th of June 2010

I agree with Jen, these inside the kitchen posts are great, I've been trying some out!! Can't wait to try out this onee :D

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