Pasta and Vegetables With Sour Cream

Name: Pasta and Vegetables With Sour Cream
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 8 ounces whole onion or 7 ounces chopped, ready-cut onion; 1 teaspoon olive oil; 2 large cloves garlic; 8 ounces whole red pepper or 7 ounces chopped, ready-cut pepper; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; 1 pound zucchini; 8 ounces short cut fresh pasta like fusilli; 1/8 teaspoon salt; Freshly ground black pepper; 4 tablespoons low-fat sour cream

By Marian Burros

Total Time: 15 minutes
Rating: 4(22)
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Featured in: PLAIN AND SIMPLE; Lean Days Saltimbocca

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Ingredients

Yield:2 servings

8ounces whole onion or 7 ounces chopped, ready-cut onion
1teaspoon olive oil
2large cloves garlic
8ounces whole red pepper or 7 ounces chopped, ready-cut pepper
1teaspoon dried thyme
1pound zucchini
8ounces short cut fresh pasta like fusilli
⅛teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4tablespoons low-fat sour cream

Ingredient Substitution Guide

Preparation

Step 1
Bring water for pasta to boil in covered pot.
Step 2
Chop whole onion.
Step 3
Heat large nonstick skillet until it is very hot; reduce heat to medium high, and add oil. Add the onion, and cook until it begins to brown.
Step 4
Meanwhile, slice and add garlic.
Step 5
Wash, trim and seed pepper, and chop and add to onion as it cooks with the thyme.
Step 6
Wash, trim and cube zucchini, and add to vegetables; cover, and cook over low heat for a few more minutes, until pasta is cooked.
Step 7
Cook pasta according to package directions.
Step 8
When pasta is cooked, drain and stir into vegetables with the sour cream. Season with salt and pepper, and serve.