Summer Veggie Pasta

Looking for a fresh pasta to serve up? This Summer Veggie Pasta Recipe is the perfect recipe to try for spring and summer meals when you want more of a lighter meal. This healthy and simple recipe is packed full of good fresh veggies from local farmers markets or maybe even your own back yard garden! All you need is the fresh vegetables like zucchini, squash, onion and tomatoes, some pasta and seasonings, and you will be on your way to having this awesome meal. This is an excellent salad recipe to try all year long, when you feel like having some fresh vegetables.

The vegetables don't even need to be cooked for this recipe, so it makes cooking time a lot shorter. You simply cut the vegetables with a vegetable peeler to make long ribbons that look like pasta. There is actually not even too much actual pasta in this recipe at all; it is mostly veggies, which means it is packed full of valuable plant-based nutrients. Raw vegetables are actually super healthy for our bodies since they still have all of the nutrients in tact, while the heat used to cook the vegetables can destroy some of the nutrients of it. There are some raw food recipes that even eliminate grains all together and only use vegetables sliced much like the ones in this recipe, with a vegetable peeler into the ribbons that look like noodles. I personally love making pasta this way from time to time, especially in the summer months when it may be too hot to cook!

Most people might think that the vegetables are not enough to fill you up, but the truth is, that the vegetables are so nutrient dense that your body is thriving getting all the nutrients it needs and doesn't crash like it would with other foods that make you feel full for the time being, but don't sustain you throughout the day.

Some of the ingredients you will need for this delicious veggie pasta recipe include whole grain linguine, zucchini, yellow squash, finely chopped tomatoes, finely chopped red onion and extra virgin olive oil. You will also need some white wine vinegar, sugar, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, minced garlic cloves, toasted panic, basil leaves and thinly sliced radishes.

To start this easy to do pasta recipes you will cook the pasta according to the package directions on the box. Then while the pasta is cooking, shave the zucchini and the squash into thin ribbons by using a vegetable peeler. Place the ribbons in a large bowl, and add the tomatoes, and other ingredients to the bowl. Toss the recipe ingredients together, to combine. Then let stand for approximately 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to coat. Then add the pasta to the vegetables, and toss to combine. Top the pasta recipe with some panic, basil, radishes and some cheese.

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