PESTO PASTA

So, made a yummy pasta tonight. Ryan is running his big race this weekend in Illinois, so we are having pasta all week.

Tonight I made fussili pasta with fresh veggies and pesto. Recipe as follows:

ingredients:

fussili pasta

2 zucchini

2 yellow squash

1/4 green bell pepper

1/4 red bell pepper

1 cup cherry/grape tomato's

1/2 cup artichoke hearts

pam or olive oil for sauteing

1/4 cup pine nuts

3 tbls prepared (or home made if you have time) pesto

Parmesan cheese to top it off

directions:

boil pasta as instructed. While pasta boils, chop zucchini, squash, and bell pepper into into 1 inch pieces. heat oil in non stick pan over medium-high heat. Add squash and bell peppers. While those cook up, cut tomato's and artichoke hearts in half. Once squash is browned, add salt/pepper to taste, add the rest of the veggies and saute for another 2 or 3 minutes or so. When veggies are cooked and pasta is drained, combine with pine nuts in a large bowl, and add 3 table spoons of prepared (or home made, I personally like home made but didn't have time tonight) pesto. Toss, top with Parmesan and serve!