Pasta with Vegetables recipe

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Ingredients

⅓ cup olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
salt and pepper to taste
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 carrots
1 ½ cups broccoli florets, lightly steamed or blanched
4 cups uncooked rotini pasta

Nutrition Info

516.4 calories
carbohydrate: 72.5 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 19.7 g
fiber: 6 g
protein: 13 g
saturatedFat: 2.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 44.4 mg
sugar: 6.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Mix together the oil, vinegar, basil, oregano, salt and pepper. Set aside.

  2. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil, add rotini and bring to a boil again. Cook until rotini is al dente, drain well. Return the rotini to the pot.

  3. While rotini is cooking heat oil in a frying pan and saute red bell pepper, green bell pepper, garlic and carrots. Cook until vegetables are softened. Place the broccoli in the frying pan and cook another 2 minutes.

  4. Pour the cooked vegetables into the pot with the pasta. Pour the vinaigrette over the pasta and vegetables. Toss to distribute vegetables and vinaigrette evenly.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

You can include almost any vegetables you have in your fridge in this recipe. It is popular even with those who normally scorn vegetarian food.

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