New Recipe: Serenity’s Pasta Primavera

Looking for a New Recipe to try this Spring? Give Serenity’s Pasta Primavera a try!

Pasta Primavera Recipe Ingredients

While pasta primavera means “spring pasta” in Italian, the dish itself is actually American. The original version featured spaghetti and a rich butter and cream sauce, but these days, the name “pasta primavera” is given to all sorts of veggie pastas.

Serenity’s Recipe:

• Pasta, of course! I like to use penne pasta because the noodles are a similar size to the chopped vegetables. It makes it easy to get a little of everything in each bite!

• White or yellow onion – For savory depth of flavor.

• Zucchini and/or Yellow Squash – Feel free to use just one or the other if you can’t find both!

• Asparagus – For complexity and crunch.

• Cherry tomatoes – They become soft and bursty, lightly coating the pasta in their juices.

• Peas – Using thawed frozen peas are the easiest.

• Pecorino cheese – It makes the pasta lightly creamy. Parmesan cheese would be great here too!

• Fresh lemon juice – I love its bright flavor with all the fresh vegetables.

• Fresh basil and tarragon – They bring so much flavor to this simple pasta dish. The tarragon is optional, but it really adds to the taste.

• And salt and pepper – To make all the flavors pop.