Big Bowl Pasta Primavera

Name: Big Bowl Pasta Primavera
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 8 ounces spaghetti, broken into thirds; 2 1/2 quarts boiling water; 1 tablespoon oil; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 1/3 cups evaporated milk; 2/3 cup parmesan cheese; 1 tablespoon dried parsley; 1 tablespoon dried basil; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1 tablespoon oil; 2 carrots, cut into matchsticks; 1 medium onion, thinly sliced; 1/2 cup celery, thinly sliced; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1 tablespoon oil; 1 cup cauliflower floret; 1 cup broccoli floret; 1 cup pea pods (fresh or frozen partially thawed and cut in half); 1 cup zucchini, slivers with peel; 8 cherry tomatoes, halved

Submitted by Calee

"I have tried a lot of pasta primavera recipes and always come back to this one! This comes together fast if you have the vegetables prepared ahead of time."

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Ingredients:: 21
Serves:: 4

ingredients

8 ounces spaghetti, broken into thirds
2 ¹⁄₂ quarts boiling water
1 tablespoon oil
2 teaspoons salt
1 ¹⁄₃ cups evaporated milk
²⁄₃ cup parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 tablespoon dried basil
1 teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon oil
2 carrots, cut into matchsticks
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
¹⁄₂ cup celery, thinly sliced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon oil
1 cup cauliflower floret
1 cup broccoli floret
1 cup pea pods (fresh or frozen partially thawed and cut in half)
1 cup zucchini, slivers with peel
8 cherry tomatoes, halved

directions

Combine evaporated milk, parmesan cheese, parsley, basil, 1 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper in bowl, set aside.
Cook spaghetti in boiling water and oil and 2 tsp salt in a large uncovered pot for 11-13 minutes, or until tender,drain. Transfer to big bowl, cover with foil to keep warm.
Heat wok or frying pan on medium-high heat, add 1 tbsp oil, add carrots, onion, celery and garlic, stir fry until soft. Transfer to big bowl.
Add 1 tbsp oil to hot wok, add cauliflower and broccoli, stir fry 4 minutes, add pea pods and zucchini, stir fry 2 minutes.
Add tomatoes and evaporated milk mixture,stir until heated through. Transfer to big bowl toss to mix every thing well.
My family loves this with a few handfuls of cooked prawns on the top. I don't like crunchy carrots in this dish, par boil them for 5 minutes.

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Reviews

I was hoping when I "heated the milk and cheese mixture through" it would thicken and turn creamy. It didn't and I had thin milk at the bottom of the bowl with small cheese clumps mixed throughout the pasta and veggies. Overall taste was ok but I like my primavera with a creamier/thicker sauce and a little more cheese flavor. Very healthy; to the person who looked at the nutrition info. -you have to look closely, this was calculated for only 1 serving.

gefox3
This was soooo good! I omitted the celery and added some red bell pepper. I took your suggestion and prepared all the veggies in advance and it came together really quickly at dinner time. I let the milk mixture reduce a little on the stove to thicken the sauce, but next time I won't so it's more saucy. I also added some extra parmesan and grilled chicken. Perfect!

akgrown
dont know that i would call it low cal and know i feel guilty eating it after looking at the calories but it was good. the only thing i would change is to add more sauce because it was a bit dry but maybe i used too much pasta (i don't know what 8 ounces looks like) my fiance suggested grilled chicken would be good in it. excellent recipe

ashwee
Evaporated milk is a favorite ingredient of mine. We enjoyed this lower-cal version of pasta primavera. I mixed a tsp of cornstarch to the milk and omitted the celery. What a great idea to add the shrimp. I had about 11 frozen jumbo shrimp and I sauteed and seasoned them (copycat salad seasoning)and served on top. I can't wait to try more of your recipes, Calee! Roxygirl

Roxygirl in Colorado