Vegetables Recipe ⊶ Pasta with Vegetables

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.

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

Cooking 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.

Nutrition Facts

• calories516.4
• carbohydrateContent72.5 g
• fatContent19.7 g
• fiberContent6 g
• proteinContent13 g
• saturatedFatContent2.8 g
• sodiumContent44.4 mg
• sugarContent6.5 g