Lima Bean Pasta

Name: Lima Bean Pasta
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 425 grams lima beans, drained and rinsed; 1 teaspoon dried tarragon; 59 milliliters extra virgin olive oil; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese; 227 grams uncooked rotini pasta; 0 teaspoons salt

Lima Bean Pasta requires around 18 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This main course has 466 calories, 17g of protein, and 18g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. If you have lima beans, rotini pasta, extra virgin olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the extra virgin olive oil you could follow this main course with the Peach Crisp: Healthy Crisp for Breakfast as a dessert.

Instructions

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.

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Place rotini pasta in the pot, cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until al dente, and drain.

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Rotini

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Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.

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Place lima beans in skillet. Season with garlic, tarragon, and salt. Cook and stir until heated through. Toss with cooked rotini and top with Parmesan cheese to serve.

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Parmesan