The Best Skinny Pasta Primavera Recipe
Today’s Skinny Pasta Primavera Recipe is a twist on a classic Italian-inspired recipe, with loads of fresh seasonal vegetables, a mindful cream sauce, and lightened-up pasta. While the traditional version typically includes a heavier parmesan-based sauce, we’re using low-fat cream cheese to achieve that same tangy, creamy goodness that you love for our lighter pasta primavera. It’s a vegetarian pasta dish that is both refreshing and rich and is perfect to enjoy on a warm evening for an easy dinner or as a satisfying lunch. It is fresh, vibrant, and bursting with cozy appeal… Your kids will gobble it down as if it were made with heavy Alfredo sauce! And BONUS: it’s super quick to make and is a perfect one-pot wonder!
Ingredients You Need
Fusilli pasta – or other pasta you prefer Red bell pepper – cut into small pieces Snow peas – halved Broccoli – cut into florets Carrots – sliced Cream cheese – softened to room temperature Garlic – minced Scallions – chopped Zucchini – sliced and halved Fresh thyme – or dry Salt and pepper – just a pinch of each Parmesan cheese – grated
How to Make the Best Skinny Pasta Primavera
Pro Tip: You don’t want the veggies to cook through, just to soften and brighten in color. Ta-da! Healthy never looked so good! You can serve this dish warm or at room temperature.
Recipe Variations
Pasta – While we recommend fusilli, you can use just about any hearty, medium-sized pasta for this recipe. Some similar shapes include rotini noodles, penne pasta, or elbow macaroni. Gluten-free – I used organic whole grain pasta, but you can use any type of pasta you like, even gluten-free and high protein varieties made with legumes. Skinnier Primavera – To make this an even lighter pasta recipe, use low fat or nonfat cream cheese for the sauce. Without Dairy – Use your favorite plant-based vegan lowfat cream cheese replacement. Veggies – Primavera in Italian means “Spring Style” and the spring vegetables are squash, broccoli, carrots, and red peppers, but of course, you can add any vegetable that you would like to this pasta dish! Asparagus, yellow squash, sweet peas, onion, and cauliflower are all great options as well. Protein – We’ve kept this a vegetarian pasta dish. But feel free to add cubed or shredded chicken or turkey, cooked and chopped ham or bacon, cooked shrimp, or other proteins you like.
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