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Creamy Penne Pasta Primavera
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gretchen
"Asparagus, cherry tomatoes, and carrots are tossed in a delicious and rich cream sauce."
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Ingredients
35 m servings 518Original recipe yields 6 servings
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat-high heat; saute asparagus and carrots until tender yet firm to the bite, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and garlic; saute until garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir Parmesan cheese, cream, and black pepper into vegetable mixture until cheese melts and sauce is smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Add pasta to sauce and toss to coat.
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Footnotes
- Cook's Note:
- This is a great base recipe. Try using green beans instead of asparagus, canned sun-dried tomatoes instead of cherry tomatoes, or add some fresh pesto to the cream sauce to mix up the flavor.
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Most helpful positive review
5/6/2014
Delicious! I omitted the carrots (didn't have any on hand) and added in sliced mushrooms, red pepper and a little fresh spinach that I had to use up along w/ the spinach and tomatoes. I used mor...
Most helpful critical review
6/28/2018
Nothing special here....actually won't make again - prefer either a true Alfredo with added veggies or an olive oil based primavera better.
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5/6/2014
Delicious! I omitted the carrots (didn't have any on hand) and added in sliced mushrooms, red pepper and a little fresh spinach that I had to use up along w/ the spinach and tomatoes. I used mor...
10/24/2014
I didn't have penne so I used noodles. can't eat asparagus so I use a 10 ounce bag of frozen vegetables then followed the directions it was very good. Thanks, Happy Cooking!
6/15/2015
So easy and delicious!! Added ham and broccoli and the whole family loved it. They said it was my best white sauce pasta ever!!!
3/1/2015
Came out looking colorful and tasted great. I liked how the tomatoes cut through the richness of the sauce. I used squash and zucchini instead of carrots, but everything else was the same. Very ...
6/8/2019
Earlier this week, I've made the creamy penne pasta primavera. It was fantastic. I passed on the asparagus and had no substitute for it. Instead of shredding a carrot, I've used matchstick slice...
5/15/2019
Oh! I love this recipe so much, simple and satisfying, will be on our weekly rotation for awhile!
4/20/2019
I pulled this recipe from my All Recipes magazine April/May 2019 and made the Healthy Pasta Primavera and the fresh sautéed vegetables and fresh oregano was so yummy!
11/5/2018
I made it without measuring. I used Campanelli pasta, 1 tomato sliced and peas instead of asparagus. I didn’t have Parmesan cheese so I added some Alfredo sauce with the cream. It turned out gr...
8/5/2018
This was so good! I used like 5 garlic cloves and a whole box of pasta. I will def make this again. I wonder how it would be with veggie noodles?!? Yum!