Whole Wheat Pasta Primavera

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 2 yellow squash, sliced
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into strips
• 1 red bell pepper, cut into strips
• 1 head broccoli, cut into florets & stems chopped
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon dried italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder, to taste
• crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
• 1 lb whole wheat pasta
• 15 cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup romano cheese, plus
• more parmesan cheese or romano cheese, for serving
• fresh basil, shredded (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• 2 in a large bowl, toss all the vegetables (minus the cherry tomatoes) with the olive oil, salt, pepper, italian spices, garlic powder and crushed red pepper, if using.
• 3 arrange the vegetables on 2 large baking sheets, making sure they are in an even layer.
• 4 bake until carrots are tender, and remaining vegetables begin to brown slightly, and carmelize.
• 5 it is a good idea to lightly toss the vegetables after about 10 minutes of cooking.
• 6 cook pasta according to package directions in boiling salted water.
• 7 drain pasta and reserve about 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
• 8 toss the pasta and vegetables in a large bowl.
• 9 add the cherry tomatoes and any of the reserved cooking liquid is pasta seems dry.
• 10 season again with salt and pepper to taste.
• 11 sprinkle with grated cheese of your choice and fresh basil leaves.