A fridge cleaning exercise with delicious results. Loosely inspired by smitten kitchen and few other recipes that had similar ingredients
Ingredients
- pasta
- snap peas, cut on diagonal
- spinach or other greens
- ricotta
- lemon
- green sauce -pesto or salsa verde or sub for mix of olive oil, chopped herbs, acid, and garlic
- parm, optional
- seasoned breadcrumbs, optional
boil water with a good amount of salt.
zest lemon and add zest to small bowl with ricotta and salt. mix well
cook pasta as directed until there is 2-3 minutes left of cook time. add peas, then greens to boiling water and pasta. let veggies blanch (turn bright green) and then drain. return to pot and add green sauce and toss with a bit of olive oil and black pepper.
serve in bowls with dollops of lemony ricotta and a sprinkle of parm and breadcrumbs