Free Recipe Pasta Primavera with Red Pepper Pesto

Recipe Type: Free Recipes

Recipe Preparation: boil

Cooking Ingredients for Pasta Primavera with Red Pepper Pesto Recipe

1 c Snipped fresh basil leaves;
-(OR 1 C fresh parsley
-sprigs plus 1 T dried
-basil, crushed)
1 md Red or green sweet pepper;
-cut up
1/2 c Lower calorie mayo or salad
-dressing
2 tb Grated Parmesan cheese
1 tb Lemon juice
1/2 ts Salt
1/8 ts Ground red pepper
1/8 ts Black pepper
8 oz Fettuccini or linguine
2 lg Carrots; cut into julienne
-strips, (1 1/2 C)
1 md Onion; cut into thin wedges,
-(3/4 C)
1 md Zucchini or yellow squash;
-(or combination of), cut
-into julienne strips (1 1/4
-C)

Pasta Primavera with Red Pepper Pesto Preparation

While wading thru and weeding out loose recipes, I came across this: Low fat cooking: Pesto Sauce w/o the Oil Instead of pesto sauce that”s swimming in oil, we”ve come up with a lower fat version that you can toss into your cooked pasta and vegetables. This pesto recipe gets its creaminess from pureed red peppers and lower calorie mayonnaise. You”ll taste that familiar basil/Parmesan flavor and you won”t miss the fat. For pesto, in blender container or food processor bowl combine fresh basil (or parsley and dried basil), red or green sweet pepper, mayo or salad dressing, parmesan cheese, lemon juice, salt, red and black peppers. Cover and blend or process until pureed. Set aside. In large amount of boiling lightly salted water cook pasta, uncovered, for 6 minutes. Add carrots and onion. Return to boiling; cook for 2 minutes. Add zucchini or yellow squash. Return to boiling; cook for 2 minutes more. Drain pasta and vegetables; return to saucepan. Stir in pesto; toss to combine. Cook over very low heat for 2 minutes or until heated through, tossing occasionally. Serve immediately. * calls for chicken or turkey. Could use seitan or TVP chunks or simply leave as is – vegies over pasta. Wish I could give credit to the we of this recipe, but it”s a yellowing piece of paper w/o creator”s name. Posted to fatfree digest by cjay <cjay@bestweb.net> on Mar 11, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Recipe Serves: 4

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