Reader Pete S. kindly sent us his recipe for a summer garden pasta sauce. Pete says: “I like a lot of garlic, but you might want to tone down the garlic and garlic pepper, if you aren’t garlic fans.”
Ingredients
- 1 pound pasta — preferably small diameter tubular pasta, but larger diameter or spaghetti can be substituted
- 1 cup sliced yellow summer squash
- 1-1/4 cup sliced zucchini squash
- 3/4 cup sliced green onions
- 1 cup julienned bell peppers (green or yellow)
- 1 cup julienned sweet red pepper
- 1/4 cup butter
- 4 to 6 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced thinly (depending on taste)
- 1-1/2 cups of chicken broth
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
- 2 teaspoons garlic pepper (optional, depending on taste)
- 1 teaspoon salt (optional, for those on a low-salt diet))
Directions
- Cook up your selected dried pasta, using a bit of oil in the water.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute the yellow squash, zucchini, peppers, and onions in butter until slightly tender.
- Add garlic. Cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the broth and chopped tomato; bring to a boil.
- Cook and stir until liquid is reduced by half.
- Drain pasta; stir into vegetable mixture. Cook a couple of minutes longer, until all heated through.
- Transfer to a large serving bowl.
- Sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese, parsley, garlic pepper (optional) and salt (optional).
- Toss briefly, to coat the pasta.
SERVING
Serve this hot.
STORAGE
Left-overs keep up to 48 hours, refrigerated.
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