Fresh and light pesto pasta

Fresh and light pesto pasta
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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 280.9
  • Total Fat: 12.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 27.5 mg
  • Sodium: 923.1 mg
  • Total Carbs: 31.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.9 g
  • Protein: 12.8 g

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Introduction

Prosciutto, peas, broccoli, and mushrooms in a pasta with pesto! What more could a girl want? Prosciutto, peas, broccoli, and mushrooms in a pasta with pesto! What more could a girl want?
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    Ingredients
    - diced prosciutto (1/2 package)
    - ½ cup frozen peas
    - broccoli (however much you want)
    - 1 leek sliced until the green shows
    - ½ cup sliced mushrooms
    - bowtie pasta
    - prepared pesto (like the Bertoli kind, I used the Sprouts kind).
    - Tomatoes for garnish

Tips

Do not cook the tomatoes. If you want add Parmesan cheese and crushed red pepper, as I did in the picture


Directions

1) In a medium skillet, heat to medium heat and fry up prosciutto.
2) After about 5 minutes, add sliced leek.
3) Begin to cook bowtie pasta
4) Once leeks are soft, add peas, broccoli, and mushrooms. Wait about 6 minutes.
5) Add pesto and a little bit of pasta water
6) Drain pasta and add to pesto veggie mixture.
7) Serve and garnish with tomatoes and parmesan

Serving Size: Makes 4 healthy servings

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MELLYA8.