​Sneaking in the Vegetables

Big Guy and I love Italian food. We talk constantly about making our own pasta, but why go to the effort when we have great selections at the grocery store made by local artisans.

As I am not being creative with my pasta, but I promise I will this Fall, I have been mixing up my sauces. You may recall we made marinara last year which is sadly dwindling down in supply. Come on tomatoes! As other vegetables are coming in, I opted to make my version of a pasta primavera, which I discovered is an American dish with a cream cheese sauce, using my marinara sauce as a base.

I added tomatoes, onions, garlic, asparagus, sugar snap peas, carrots, and roasted red peppers but you could use any vegetable of your choice. In my case, a mix of vegetables in my crisper to avoid waste enhanced with fresh vegetables from the garden and market made up the rest of my ingredients. This is a quick and effortless way to make dinner and sneak in extra vegetables for good health!