This vegan pasta can easily be made with a gluten-free pasta if you have an intolerance or just want to cut back on the wheat products.
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Vegetable and Edamame Pasta with Basil Cream Sauce
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
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- 1 lb. penne pasta
- 1-2 tsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup chopped sweet onion
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 orange bell pepper, chopped
- 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
- 1 small zucchini, chopped
- 2 tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 1 cup frozen edamame
- 1 cup fresh basil
- 1 avocado
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 tbsp. water
- 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- black pepper and red pepper flakes (to taste)
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
- Sautee onion, olive oil, and minced garlic in a large skillet for about 5 minutes on medium heat. Add in chopped vegetables (except for the tomato) and edamame. Sauté for another 10 minutes. Reduce heat as needed.
- Meanwhile, add the pasta to the boiling water and cook according to package directions. Reserve 1 cup pasta water before draining. Set aside.
- In a food processor, make the basil cream sauce by processing the basil, water, olive oil, lemon juice, avocado, salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes until smooth.
- Just before the vegetables are done cooking, add the chopped tomatoes, and cook for another 5 minutes until tender.
- Combine pasta, vegetables and basil cream sauce. Stir until combined. Add pasta water as needed to achieve desired consistency. Season with salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes, to taste.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 861
- Sugar: 12
- Sodium: 606
- Fat: 37
- Carbohydrates: 106
- Fiber: 10
- Protein: 21
- Cholesterol: 0
Santun
This looks delicious! I love the aditidon of edamame, great idea. Eating out really does add up! I've recently put myself on a grocery budget of $40/week to feed me AND my husband, breakfast, dinner, and most lunches (all lunches for me). It's been an amazing exercise and has really forced me to be very thoughtful in my purchases and plan my meals for the week. And we've still been eating very well! I'll have to add this to my menu this week
JOE WADE
I BET THIS WILL BE DELICIOUS...
JOE WADE
SUPPER BABY!!