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Veggie Ribbon Pasta

23/10/2015 by Franceska Leave a Comment

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Hi there!  🙂

This veggie ribbon pasta is another healthy and delicious recipe I absolutely recommend you to try if you haven’t already. Before I started to wean my son onto solid foods, I wasn’t thinking much about where I buy my fruit and vegetables. We always went to the nearest supermarket and bought all we needed, as it was the easiest and fastest way to do our shopping. After our little man came to this world, lots of things changed for us, just as for all of you out there who became parents.

So we decided to change some things, we switched from eating conventionally grown fruit and vegetables to organic ones. And it was a great decision, not only we ingest fewer pesticides, we noted the difference between the taste of meals prepared with organic vegetables and those conventionally grown. I remember my grandma always telling me not to freak out if I see a worm in my apple or a snail on my salad, it means it is fresh. So I buy locally produced seasonal fruit and veggies, they are fresh, nutrient and trust me, have more flavor.

Carrots and Zucchini

So this pasta recipe changed its flavor. It is very easy to prepare, well, this is something you will read a lot of times here on my blog, because all pasta recipes are easy to prepare, and once you begin experimenting with other ingredients, nothing will stop you. The pasta varieties are endless and you can play by combining various ingredients.

As you will notice I love using seeds when preparing these pasta recipes, they are super rich in vitamins, minerals and fibers. Well yes, I’m a health nut, but I don’t give up when I have cravings for a big portion of Carbonara o pasta with 4 types of cheese. But my husband is a real health nut and fitness lover, so when I prepare Carbonara, he is like “Carbonara again??” and the last time I prepared it was 3 weeks ago. So for all you fitness lovers out there, this is your type of recipe if you don’t want to give up on pasta.

veggie sauce

The vegetable peeler is a great help when preparing this recipe, I love making vegetable ribbons because the dish is ready in only 15 minutes and it is absolutely delicious. Remember to add zucchini when the carrots are almost ready because zucchini ribbons tend to overcook rapidly.

Share with us your tips and thoughts in the comments section below. 🙂

Recipe - Pasta with Zucchini and Carrots

Zucchini and carrots pasta
Zucchini and carrots pasta

Pasta with Zucchini and Carrots

  Veggie Pasta

October 23, 2015

  • Prep: 20 mins
  • Cook: 25 mins
  • Yields: 4 Servings

Ingredients

320 g Penne Rigate Pasta

2 large Zucchini

2 large Carrots

1 Onion

1 Garlic clove

3 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil

1 tbsp Flax seeds

Salt

Pepper

Directions

1In a skillet or non-stick pan put the olive oil and onion sliced lengthwise. Cook until golden.

2Cut the carrots and zucchini into lengthwise ribbons using a vegetable peeler.

3Add carrot ribbons into a skillet with sliced onion and cook for 5 minutes stirring gently.

4Then add zucchini ribbons and mix gently. Cover and cook for around 10 minutes on low heat.

5Salt to taste.

6In a large pot bring salted water to a boil and put the pasta in. Cook as indicated on the package.

7Drain the pasta and add it to a skillet with the vegetables. Toss gently to coat.

8Sprinkle with flax seeds, pepper and grated Parmesan cheese.

If you want to prepare the pasta "al dente", drain the pasta a minute before indicated on the package. You can change the amounts of ingredients as it suits you taste, for example you can add more vegetables and less pasta or vice-versa.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size239 g
Calories152
Sodium81 mg
Potassium596 mg
Protein2,9 g
Cholesterol0 mg
Sugar5,8 g
Total Fat11,4 g
Saturated Fat1,6 g
Trans Fat0 g
Total Carbohydrates12,3 g

Filed Under: Veggie Pasta Tagged With: Carrots, Flax Seeds, Penne Rigate, Zucchini

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