Sunday, September 03, 2006

Summer Vegetable Spaghetti

INGREDIENTS
2 cups small yellow onions, cut in eighths
2 cups chopped, peeled, fresh, ripe tomatoes (about 1 lb.)
2 cups thinly sliced yellow and green squash (about 1 lb.)
1-1/2 cups cut fresh green beans (about 1/2 lb.)
2/3 cups water
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
black pepper to taste
1 can (6 oz.) tomato paste
1 lb. uncooked whole wheat spaghetti
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

DIRECTIONS
1. Combine first 10 ingredients in large saucepan; cook for 10 minutes, then stir in tomato paste. Cover and cook gently, 15 minutes, stirring occasionally until vegetables are tender.
2. Cook spaghetti in unsalted water according to package directions.
3. Spoon sauce over drained hot spaghetti and sprinkle parmesan cheese over top.

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1 comment:

Kim, doing P90X said...

Hi there. I haven't ever tried a spaghetti dish with chili in it before. I guess it's because I always associate pasta (spaghetti) with typically Italian ingredients, and I've only encountered chili in S. American dishes, like chili con carne, served with rice etc. But this looks intriguing. Will give it a go :)