New Recipes Pine Nut & Peppers Penne - ★Cooking Recipes★

This healthy dish is suitable for vegetarians, or anyone who wants a healthy dinner packed with vegetables. Recipe from Chef in your Backpack: Gourmet Cooking in the Great Outdoors, courtesy of Arsenal Pulp Press.
Directions for: Pine Nut & Peppers Penne

Ingredients

cup pine nuts, toasted

1 cup corn kernels

2 cup spinach, washed and trimmed

1 cup snow peas

cup green bell pepper, sliced

cup red bell pepper, sliced

tsp salt

tsp pepper

2 cup uncooked penne pasta

cup Parmesan cheese, grated

4 cup water

Directions

1. Toast the pine nuts: Preheat oven to 325F (160C). Spread pine nuts on a dry baking sheet and toast for a few minutes until brown.

2. Remove the kernels from a raw cob of corn with a knife. Combine the corn, toasted pine nuts, spinach, snow peas, bell peppers, salt, and pepper.

3. In a pot of water over high heat, boil the pasta for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse.

4. In a pot over medium high heat, saut the vegetable and pine nut mixture until the peppers are soft.

5. Add pasta to vegetables and mix well. Sprinkle with cheese and mix well.

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