Pasta with Sauted Vegetables
1 pound fresh pasta -- 1/2 pound dried 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic -- peeled and sliced 3 cups prepped raw vegetables such as onion, pepper, squash, mushro...
Ingredients
- 1poundfresh pasta -- 1/2 pound dried
- 2tablespoonextra virgin olive oil
- 2clovegarlic -- peeled and sliced
- 3cupprepped raw vegetables
- 1large tomato
Directions
- 1
1 pound fresh pasta -- 1/2 pound dried 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic -- peeled and sliced 3 cups prepped raw vegetabl
- 2
Add dried pasta, and cook to al dente-to the tooth- (just soft enough so that it still must be chewed)
- 3
Drain in a colander
- 4
For fresh pasta, turn the heat down to low, cover the pot and hold water on warm until the vegetables are almost done before you cook the pa
- 5
Put oil and garlic into a large skillet
- 6
Turn the heat to medium and cook the garlic just until it begins to color, not beyond or it will burn and be bitter
- 7
Add the vegetables in the order that they will cook, starting with those that will take the longest
- 8
Move them constantly with a spatula so they will not overcook in one spot