Summer Fresh Pasta.....Enjoy!!

~louise~over at "Months of Edible Celebrations"...

Is hosting a Pasta Recipe Extravaganza...

I agreed to post my favorite Pasta dish...

I hope you all enjoy this relativately easy recipe...

A lot of prep work, but can be done ahead of time, if you are preparing for guests...
 

List of ingredients...
1. 6 large Garlic cloves...
2. Cherry Tomatoes...
3. Zucchini....
4. Sausage...
5. Pasta...{spaghetti}...
6. Fresh Basil...
7. Sea salt....
8. Pinch of red pepper flakes...
9. Parmesan Cheese... 


Pretty simple so far, eh???

Method:
1. Smash and peel the garlic...then mince
2. Quarter Tomatoes...about 2 cups...you be the judge...it is really up to you..
3. Dice Zucchini...
4. Cook and dice Sausage...whatever you like...Cherizo,Italian...
5. Heat Olive Oil {about 4 tbsps} in large non-stick skillet...{I have one with a lid}...
6. When oil is hot...add garlic and a pinch of red pepper flakes...cook until just soft..
7. Add zucchini, sausage, and a few torn Basil leaves...
8. Add tomatoes...toss...turn heat down and cover...
9. Boil a large pot of water, with lots of sea salt...
10. Add pasta...when al dente...scoop about 1 cup of pasta water into the tomato mixture...
11. Drain pasta...and add to vegetable mixture...
12. Incorporate well...add more torn basil leaves, and a generous shake of Parmesan cheese...
13. Serve....
14. Stand back....and ready yourself for several standing ovations!!!

                                                           Take a bow!!!

I like to serve my Greek Avacado salad with this dish...

Keeping with the fresh theme!!!

Fresh Tomatoes,Avacado,Goats Cheese,Freshly sliced Red Onion, Black olives,Fresh Basil,Olive Oil, Freshly ground Black Pepper...

And of course...

Fresh crusty bread...

Dipped in olive oil, and an herb mixture I make...

This dish can also be Vegetarian, by omitting the sausage...which I do quite often...

It could also be gluten-free, by using Gluten-free pasta...


Any questions...let me know...

I hope you make this and enjoy as much as we do...

Even better re-heated the following day!!!

Who doesn't love that! 


Hope you are all having a great day so far...

Got this posted early...as my boyfriend has left to pick up Miss V...

An afternoon of fun and frivolity!!!!

                                      *********

On the menu tonight...

   Roasted Peameal Bacon....

            Creamy Scalloped potatoes...

               Fresh brocolli....salad of some sort!!!

Will be baking my Sour Cream Coffee Cake this afternoon...

              didn't have enough brown sugar...used most of it in my apple pie bread...which is gone!!!


 Enjoy the rest of your day...

Let me know if you make the pasta dish!!!

Wish me luck....there is a prize being drawn from the entries...:o)


                                    Cheers!  :o)
                                      linda