The very Quick Pasta Primavera

Can you feel it? Can you feel that warmness in the air? That wet smell of melting ice, all the other things that unfreezes with it after months of winter cold never fails to bring out the joy in me. My pasta primavera is all about spring cleaning the fridge. I have a few bits of vegetables here and there that needed to be used so here goes.

This pasta primavera is extremely easy and is as easy as 1-2-3. You can use fresh mushrooms, spinach or even green peas but I used these vegetables because it was what I had in my fridge. I promise you this pasta recipe is quite effortless. You can start chopping your veggies while you wait for your pot of water to boil and your pasta is cooked. It's a time saving meal that is food of goodness and good for you.

Of course, if you have some bacon in the fridge, it doesn't hurt to pop that into the microwave for 4-5 minutes. When it's brittle, crumble the bacon bits over the top of your pasta and that does wonders.

Pasta Primavera ala Spring Cleaning @ No. 348
1 lb dried spaghettini
1 large ripe tomatoes, diced into big chunks
3/4 zucchini, diced
1 cup of diced green beans/string beans
3 sundried tomatoes, chopped
4 cloves of garlic, chopped
1/2 cup of shaved Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Juice of 1 lime
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
salt and pepper to taste

Method:
1. Boil a big pot of water heavily salted. When it comes to a rolling boil, add your spaghettini in to cook for 7 minutes and no more.
2. In the mean time, in a large bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients in well and heat it in the microwave for 2 minutes on high.
3. Once your pasta is cooked, add about 1/4 cup of pasta water into the bowl of vegetables and add the rest of the pasta in piping hot. Stir to mix well and serve hot!

This pasta is also very good to eat in room temperature. As I said, it is as easy as 1-2-3. See, that did not take much effort at all, did it? :)