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Pasta Primavera

Pasta primavera

20 min · Easy · 410 kcal per serving

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Pasta Primavera, plated and ready to serve

Ingredients

Servings

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Preparation

Step by step, from pantry to plate.

  1. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and cook the whole wheat pasta until just tender. Drain, reserving a little cooking water.

  2. While the pasta cooks, slice the zucchini, halve the cherry tomatoes, mince the garlic, and tear the basil leaves.

  3. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook briefly until fragrant.

  4. Add the zucchini to the skillet with a pinch of salt and cook until it starts to soften.

  5. Add the cherry tomatoes and cook until they begin to burst and make a light sauce.

  6. Add the drained pasta to the skillet along with a splash of the reserved pasta water. Toss everything together until coated.

  7. Remove from the heat, stir in the basil, and finish with the Parmesan cheese and a little black pepper before serving.

Good to know

Save a little pasta water so the sauce clings nicely to the noodles.

How these figures were worked out

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