Easy Healthy Pasta and Veggies a quick and easy lunch or tasty side! This fresh and colorful vegetable pasta features a flavorful store-bought pesto that coats every bite.
Easy Healthy Pasta and Veggies
- You can use regular or gluten-free pasta. I like organic pasta and there is a lot of variety in kinds of pasta now to choose from.
- Fresh or frozen vegetables can be used. It’s a good, go-to recipe for busy times that I like to keep frozen vegetables on hand to make.
- I used frozen corn and peas, but fresh broccoli. The great thing about this recipe is that you can change the vegetables to your favorites or whatever you have on hand. I particularly like to use edamame in this recipe.
- As well, if you have leftover roasted vegetables, they are fantastic mixed with pasta and pesto.
- I used a store-bought pesto, but you can use homemade.
Quick and easy pasta with peas, corn, and broccoli.
- 2 cup dry pasta
- 1 cup broccoli
- 1 cup frozen corn
- 1 cup frozen English peas
- 1/3 cup pesto
- Cook pasta according to package directions, adding salt to the water before boiling. Three minutes before the pasta is finished cooking, add the broccoli and corn. One minute before the pasta is finished, add the English peas. Drain, add pesto and stir until combined.
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I had this as a meal for lunch. I also served it as a side with Gulden’s Mustard & Marmalade Grilled Pork Chops. If you had leftover chicken, it would be great cubed and tossed in!
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Paula says
That looks so yummy! I have a friend who's family recently had to go gluten free, I can't wait to share this recipe with her! We'd love to have you link this up at our party
Cranberry Morning says
I've used gluten-free pasta for years and love it, especially when I found Tinkyada, which is the only pasta I will ever use now. I don't think that gluten-free has to do with dieting, just with getting rid of gluten (which some people cannot tolerate) or getting rid of grains, which are way overused in the American diet. Even dogs do better on a grain-free diet.
Alicia says
Sounds good. I have tired it before when it was on special and haven't thought to try it again. Now I am watching my calories, I may have to revisit it 🙂