summer garden pasta

Clarkston, MI
Updated on Aug 7, 2010

this is a dish I cooked up to use up some vegtables that I had picked in the garden,and was getting to ripe. This is a nice summer dish not to heavy and no sauce. I used ground meat but you can leave it out and have a very good vegaterian dinner.

prep time 15 Min
cook time 30 Min
method ---
yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 2 - 3 pounds tomato cut into large pieces
  • 1 1/2 large bell peppers,red yellow or green,chopped in large pieces
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • - fresh green vegtable broccoli, green beans,zucini
  • 15 - basil leaves chopped up
  • 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons fennel seed
  • 2 tablespoons oregano, fresh
  • - salt and pepper
  • 1/2 cup parmesan cheese shredded
  • - pasta, cooked

How To Make summer garden pasta

  • Step 1
    cook pasta as directed,Make enough to serve 4
  • Step 2
    while pasta is cooking brown the ground beef,add onion 1/2 way thru browning salt and pepper to taste.
  • Step 3
    add bell peppers,tomato and your green veg. If you are using frozen or canned green veg wait until last 10 min of cooking to add them.
  • Step 4
    Cover and cook 15 min over a med to low heat, remove the lid and cook 15 more min. if veggies seem to wet add a little tomato paste
  • Step 5
    add 1/2 of the shredded cheese and cook 5 more mins to melt the cheese.
  • Step 6
    place pasta into single serve pasta bowls and top with meat and vegtable mixture
  • Step 7
    sprinkle with remaining cheese crushed red pepper

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