Chelsea Pasta
"This recipe is absolute heaven, it gives you all of your daily dosage of veggies and about a month and a half's worth of flavour. Given to me by my good friend Chelsea, who 'borrowed' it from the trendy Italian restaurant that she waitressed for xx"
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 bay leaf
- 1⁄2 cup fresh basil
- 1 zucchini, chopped
- 1 red capsicum, chopped
- 8 mushrooms, chopped
- 6 baby squash, chopped
- 425 g tomatoes
- 1 (250 g) packet frozen spinach
- 250 g ricotta cheese
- 1⁄2 cup cream
- salt and pepper
- 500 g small shell pasta, cooked
- parmesan cheese, to serve
directions
- In a large saucepan fry the onion, garlic, bay leaf, basil, chilli, zuccini, capsicum, mushrooms, and squash for 5-10 minutes, until slightly softened.
- Add in the tomatoes and spinach, cover and let simmer for 40 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in the ricotta, cream, salt and pepper.
- Add sauce to cooked pasta shells and stir through.
- Serve topped with parmesan cheese. Bellissimo!
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Reviews
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I'm a huge fan of this recipe. I use it mainly as a 'guide', using whatever veggies I have around (I have a vegetable share at a local CSA). I've made it twice now, with completely different sets of veggies (only the tomatoes and zucchini were the same), and it came out beautifully both times. -
Followed directions, what a disaster. First the appearance was very unappealing, but thought sometimes things taste better than they look. Unfortunately, the taste was what the appearance led me to believe. It was a jumble of vegetables with nothing to give it taste. There were four at dinner and not one of us liked it. It was a waste of plenty of good vegetables. -
Aussie Swap #19: YUM!! I love pasta and this is one of my new favorites! I love all the veggies in this! -
This is a great recipe for vegetable lovers. I am trying to cook healthier so I substituted reduced far sour cream for the cream but was still very pleased with the taste.
Tweaks
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This is a great recipe for vegetable lovers. I am trying to cook healthier so I substituted reduced far sour cream for the cream but was still very pleased with the taste.
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I live in Brisbane, but I moved here from Scotland. I don't currently work, I have completed half of my teaching degree but left to be a stay at home mum to my 2 kids. Cairo is 4 and Leif is 10 months (as of Feb 07). My favourite recipes come from an Aussie magazine called super food ideas, it gives you cheap but interesting meal ideas. My favourite passtimes are reading, fire twirling, bbq's, movies and playing with the kids on the trampoline.
