Pasta Recipe with Vegetables

This quick and easy pasta recipe with vegetables is a simple, delicious and healthy dinner idea that your whole family will enjoy. This quick meal can be made in under 30 minutes and is great for using fresh, seasonal vegetables. This pasta with peas recipe is a great way to sneak in nutritious vegetables your kids will actually want to eat. Check out our Family Dinner series here.

Pasta Recipe with Vegetables

There is something so special about driving by and grabbing a farm-fresh watermelon off the back of a truck or walking up to the farmers market in our neighborhood on Saturday morning. We just love seeing what is in season and throwing together a family dinner from that. When the ingredients are at their peak it’s kind of hard to go wrong.

Pasta is always an easy way to incorporate seasonal vegetables and with kids it’s always a win. This recipe is quick and easy with just a few ingredients and is easily scaleable for a crowd.

Easy and healthy pasta recipe with vegetables

My favorite thing about making this pasta is that it is adaptable to anytime of year. Pasta is delicious with pretty much and veggies it it. This time I used asparagus to keep is pretty filling without having to over serve the actual pasta. Another great veggie to include that is otherwise almost impossible for me to get my kids to eat is peas. Yes – you read that right. This pasta with peas recipe really transforms little green peas into a delicious flavor.

 

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Pasta Recipe with Vegetables

• Author: Kelsey Woods

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Description

This fresh and light pasta recipe is perfect for spring using seasonal vegetables. Topped with lemon zest and parmesan cheese for flavor.

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Ingredients

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• 1 lb fresh asparagus, chopped
• 1 package angel hair pasta
• 3 handfuls sugar snap peas, trimmed
• 1/2 cup grated or shaved Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• kosher salt + pepper to taste

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Instructions

1. Boil large pot of salted water and cook pasta until al dente, drain and set aside.
2. In medium pot, chop and blanch asparagus until tender. Remove from pot and set aside, then blanch trimmed peas until tender.
3. Toss noodles in olive oil and toss in peas and asparagus.
4. With tongs spin birds nest pile onto each plate. Drizzle with olive oil and salt and pepper to taste.
5. Finish with a hearty sprinkling of parmesan on top. Enjoy!

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I hope you’ll try this pasta recipe out and let me know what vegetables you try with it. You can check out our other favorite ways to cook vegetables here.

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