Vegetable Pasta

Name: Vegetable Pasta
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters chopped broccoli; 1 Tbsp butter; 79 milliliters dry bread crumbs; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 5 Tbsps chopped fresh basil, divided; 1 clove garlic, minced; 237 milliliters chopped green bell pepper; 237 milliliters sliced mushrooms; 946 milliliters nonfat milk; 1 onion, chopped; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan; 2 Tbsps grated Parmesan cheese; 454 grams package penne pasta; 6 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Vegetable Pasta requires approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 6 servings with 462 calories, 22g of protein, and 6g of fat each. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a main course. Head to the store and pick up penne pasta, mushrooms, bread crumbs, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Oven

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

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Water

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Pot

Add pasta and cook. With 6 to 8 minutes left on the pasta, stir in broccoli, mushrooms and green peppers, and cook 6 to 8 minutes more, or until pasta is al dente; drain.

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Green Pepper

Mushrooms

Broccoli

Pasta

Meanwhile, melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Sauce Pan

Saute onions and garlic for 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in flour and milk; cook 5 minutes, or until mixture coats the back of a spoon.

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Garlic

Onion

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Milk

Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper, to taste.

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Parmesan

Salt And Pepper

Spray a 9 by 13 inch-baking dish with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Baking Pan

Combine pasta, vegetables, milk mixture and 4 tablespoons basil in the prepared pan. Top with 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, and remaining 1 tablespoon basil.

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Parmesan

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