Summer Squash, Carrot and garlic pasta


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 466.3
  • Total Fat: 14.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 7.2 mg
  • Sodium: 194.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 68.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 9.5 g
  • Protein: 17.5 g

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Introduction

When visiting my friend Shelly, we took a long walk to the local farmers market and bought a variety of fresh summer squash and carrots. Since I love pan frying veggies and garlic, I thought we'd give this a try. It was super yummy, possibly higher in fat than I would like but you can use less olive oil. When visiting my friend Shelly, we took a long walk to the local farmers market and bought a variety of fresh summer squash and carrots. Since I love pan frying veggies and garlic, I thought we'd give this a try. It was super yummy, possibly higher in fat than I would like but you can use less olive oil.
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    Garlic- 4-5 cloves
    Whole wheat pene pasta, 4 cups dry
    olive oil, 3 Tbs.
    summer squash, 3 cups
    carrots, 1 cup
    salt, pepper, fresh lemon zest to taste
    8 Tbs. Parmesan cheese

Directions

Boil water, add pasta and cook till tender. Drain and set aside
Chop veggies into small pieces about a half inch in diameter.
Chop peeled garlic cloves into smallest chunks but not "garlic pressed" size
Heat large non-stick frying pan to medium heat with 2 Tbs. olive oil
Add veggies and some salt and pepper stirring occasionally until slightly browned and tender, then add some lemon zest and stir, turn off heat.
Add to pasta plus 1 Tbs. olive oil and Parmesan cheese.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DENA914.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Incredible!
    5 of 5 people found this review helpful
    i'm the friend!it was delicious cause it was made with love! - 5/20/09


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    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    I love this recipe... I am trying to eat this weekly. - 7/19/09


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    Incredible!
    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    Wow! Fantastic! My husband and I will definitely be making this meal again. - 7/17/09


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    Incredible!
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Awesome! I could eat the veggies even without the pasta, but the combination was delicious! - 7/8/09


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    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I had this also with out the pasta and I cut down on the oil and near the end. I added a wholewheat slice of bread in the pan. Just to brown it on low. press it down and truned it over. it was so yummy. - 6/30/09


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    Incredible!
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Awesome recipe, the veggies taste so good together I could just eat them without the pasta. Definitely a regular for my family! I also used Pam to cut back on the calories and tasted so good. All the same to me. - 6/4/09


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    Very Good
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    my husband and I both liked this recipe a lot - 6/3/09


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    Incredible!
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Very Good! - 5/22/09


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    Incredible!
    Outstanding! The flavor of fresh summer vegetables bursts in this simple, but elegant dish. - 7/31/13


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    Incredible!
    This was WONDERFUL! We absolutely loved it! - 10/22/10


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    Incredible!
    Made this for dinner tonight. Loved it. Will be making again. Thinking of other vegies to make this with. - 3/20/10


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    I liked this but used angel hair pasta. - 8/23/09


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    i really liked this. i did use long spaghetti noodles instead of penne, still tasted great. - 8/5/09


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    Very Good
    Thanks for the fresh idea for pasta. I couldn't "afford" that much fat, so wiped the pan with olive oil and then sizzled the vegetables in that. Then when we added the vegetables to the pasta, we added a scant 1 Tbsp of olive oil to set the parmesan. Next time, we'll add more carrot! - 7/30/09


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I am going to try this. I bet it is very good! - 7/21/09


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Will try soon. - 7/21/09


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    Very Good
    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I love veggies with pasta. You could cut the saturated fat dramatically by using Wildtree Grapeseed Oil. Try the Roasted Garlic or Lemon Infused Grapeseed Oil. Check out the Grapeseed Oil facts http://www.wildtree.com/mywildtree/BinaryW
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    - 6/1/09