Simple Summer Garden Pasta
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What I love about having a summer garden is that it really helps me decide “what’s for dinner” or lunch as the case may be. What’s coming out of the garden is what gets cooked. It’s not only good but good for us. Some days though it does require a little extra culinary creativity. If you have squash and zucchini in your garden you understand that. My tip for keeping those babies in check: harvesting and cooking squash blossoms are a wonderful way to curb the crop.
Besides loading our menus up with fresh summer vegetables and fruits another way to keep things healthier is to swap out regular pasta for multigrain pasta. Like Barilla Plus. Did you know that Barilla Plus is “Made from a unique multigrain blend that includes semolina (coarse durum wheat), oats, spelt and barley, as well as legumes, ground flaxseeds and oat fiber, Barilla PLUS offers a well-rounded approach to balanced nutrition with the great taste and premium ingredients expected from Barilla. Lentils and chick peas, both commonly used Mediterranean legumes, were specifically selected for use in the Barilla PLUS recipe”. It’s good and good for you.
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What You Will Need:
- 14.5 ounces Barilla Plus Farfalle
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2-3 summer squash - cubed
- 1 large zucchini - cubed
- dozen cherry tomatoes
- 4-5 fresh basil leaves - roughly torn
- Parmigiano Reggiano shavings
What To Do:
- Place a large pot of salted water onto boil. When boiling add pasta. Cook until al dente. Reserve 1/4 cup of pasta water.
- Into a large saute pan melt butter over medium heat. Add squash and zucchini and cook until slightly softened. Season with salt/pepper. Add tomatoes.
- Add pasta to pan. Toss to combine. Add reserved pasta water. Check for seasoning. Adjust if necessary.
- Garnish with basil and Parmigiano.
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I do love a good pasta recipe and Barilla! We swap for wheat pasta alll the time.
What a perfect summer pasta dish! It sounds so refreshing. Barilla is my favorite store pasta
Mmm,mmm what I love to have for lunch
Wish my garden had done better this year.
I have not tried multigrain pasta but would like to.
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I have exchanged it for multigrain pasta before.
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Teresa Kwiatkowski
I have never swapped regular pasta for whole grain, but would try it.
When cooking, I always swap out the “traditional” pasta I grew up with for the more natural, much less-refined, whole-grain variety. It contains a great deal more fiber per serving, and is a more nutritionally dense product, overall. Because of this, it does not require re-”enriching” with vitamins or minerals, which removes yet another stage of additives and processing from the food I eat!
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This is right up my alley – so simple, yet so delicious!
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