Pasta and Peas

Name: Pasta and Peas
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 (16 ounce) package gemelli pasta; ¼ cup olive oil; 3 green onions, chopped; 1 pinch seasoned salt to taste; 1 (15 ounce) can sweet peas, with liquid; 1 bunch fresh basil, chopped

Rating: 3.97 stars

32 Ratings
35 Reviews
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Sweet peas and basil are tossed with twisty pasta in this easy, delicious dish.

By LCOSTANZ

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Recipe Summary test

prep:

15 mins

cook:

15 mins

total:

30 mins

Servings:

Yield:

8 servings

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 8 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

1 (16 ounce) package gemelli pasta
¼ cup olive oil
3 green onions, chopped
1 pinch seasoned salt to taste (Optional)
1 (15 ounce) can sweet peas, with liquid
1 bunch fresh basil, chopped

Directions

Step 1
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.

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Step 2
Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the green onions, and season with seasoned salt. Cook until green onions are golden brown. Mix in the peas with liquid and basil, and continue cooking until heated through. Toss with cooked pasta to serve.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

293 calories; protein 9.7g; carbohydrates 46.8g; fat 8.1g; sodium 200.9mg. Full Nutrition

Reviews (35)

Most helpful positive review

Tracy

10/22/2007

Super-easy to make and the basic ingredients are fanastic to start with! I'd recommend adding some more veggies and/or seasoning if you want a bit more of a flavor. Overall it was great. Read More

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Most helpful critical review

Valerie Taylor

06/14/2006

I used frozen peas and added garlic fresh ground pepper and a little fresh grated parmesan and this was a keeper. Read More

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(22)

32 Ratings

5 star values: 12
4 star values: 10
3 star values: 8
2 star values: 1
1 star values: 1

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Tracy

10/21/2007

Super-easy to make and the basic ingredients are fanastic to start with! I'd recommend adding some more veggies and/or seasoning if you want a bit more of a flavor. Overall it was great. Read More

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Valerie Taylor

06/14/2006

I used frozen peas and added garlic fresh ground pepper and a little fresh grated parmesan and this was a keeper. Read More

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(22)

KRISRIZZIO

02/01/2010

As is, this is a 3 star recipe. A bit bland and not much to it. I added a couple large handfuls of parmesan, a couple dashes of pepper, and an extra splash of olive oil and that made it more of a 4 star recipe. Would be good with chopped chicken. I used frozen peas with some of the water used to boil. Hate that can liquid stuff. Also, I don't recommend using all the pasta because it dilutes the flavor a bit. Add the pasta slowly as you are tossing and taste it. I used about 3/4 of the amount in the recipe. Read More

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paola g

09/13/2007

I also used frozen peas and pasta water as the liquid and I thought this was pretty darn good considering how easy it was to make! I also added some black pepper and grated some cheddar cheese over it... I will definitely make this again! Great as a side dish with chicken too... Read More

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anna

04/28/2008

This is so easy and so delicious! My kids love it and I can never get them to eat peas. The only change I made was to add 1 14oz. can of Italian style tomato sauce. I also put the noodles on our plates and then pour sauce over it. I don't always like to mix the sauce with the pasta because the pasta soaks up the sauce if it sits too long. Read More

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FrackFamily5 CA—>CT

04/05/2010

Pretty darn good! I had to make a few substitutions based on what was on hand. White onion for the green and I added a ton of fresh garlic. Bag of Frozen peas and a cup of veggie broth for the canned peas. The fresh basil is a great flavor. Read More

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HuskerGirl

06/13/2011

Very good and very simple. Only difference was that I used a white onion instead of the green used frozen instead of canned peas and added some minced garlic. Wonderful with the fresh basil. Thanks for sharing! Read More

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Marcie Killian

03/02/2009

I'm sorry but this was just incredibly bland. This was even after adding roasted garlic to give it some flavor. Read More

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Molly

02/08/2011

Good simple dish. I used a 16 oz. package of frozen peas and added 3/4 cup of bouillon in place of the canned peas. We just served the peas over the pasta rather than mixing it all together. Lots of flavor to this easy dish. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Read More

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Super-easy to make and the basic ingredients are fanastic to start with! I'd recommend adding some more veggies and/or seasoning if you want a bit more of a flavor. Overall it was great.