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CyberParents' Recipe for Quick and Easy Hot/Cold Veggie Pasta.
| 1/2 cup chopped onions 3 to 4 T olive or canola oil 4 cups mixed vegetables. You can buy frozen mixed vegetables, chop your own, or do a "custom" mix using the frozen vegetables of your choice. 4 cups cooked angel hair pasta or pasta of your choice. 2 tsp. mixed spices without salt. Use Ms. Dash or some other mixed spices. 1/2 cup of your choice of "mixed crunchies" |
About the oil: Use it sparingly, 1
tsp. at a time, only as needed to sauté vegetables. Use remainder to coat pasta. You only
have to use as much of this oil as you need to keep the food moist. Sauté onions in 1 tsp. oil. While onions are sautéing, start pasta cooking. Add mixed vegetables and more oil. Sauté over medium heat, stirring occasionally, while pasta cooks. When pasta is cooked, drain and rinse. Remove from heat; toss salt, pepper, spices, pasta, crunchies and as much of remaining oil as you feel you need. Toss until well mixed. Serve warm. Refrigerate remainder and serve cold or reheat in microwave. |
This is a basic pasta recipe that is on the table in 15 minutes or less. You can greatly vary the taste by varying the vegetables, the spices, and/or the crunchies. Even varying the type of oil will change flavors slightly. The goal here is to add as many different types of foods as possible for your health.
Other additions:
Few cooked, drained, and washed beans such as black beans--straight from the can.
Soy protein that mimics ground meat--buy frozen at supermarket.
Cubed, baked tofu--it can bake while everything else is cooking although it is easy to do
a large amount of this at once to have on hand.
Mixed vegetables: Try using at least six to eight different chopped vegetables such as bell peppers, yellow squash, zucchini, corn, spinach, broccoli, mushrooms, purple cabbage, green beans, eggplant, carrots, English peas, etc. Adding color to the green vegetables from corn, purple cabbage, and carrots adds to the appeal of the dish.
This is a good way to introduce new vegetables to your kids.
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