Cooking Recipe Pasta With Zucchini & Roasted Garlic

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb Rotini, Twists or Spirals uncooked
8 md Garlic cloves; peeled
1/2 ts Dried thyme
1/2 ts Dried rosemary, crushed
2 tb Vegetable oil
3 md Zucchini, coarsely grated
-(about 5-6 cups)

Directions

Preheat oven or toaster oven to 450 degrees F. Lay a 12-inch square
piece of foil on the counter and put the garlic on it. Sprinkle the
thyme and rosemary over the garlic. Pour the oil over the garlic and
herbs. Draw up the edges of the foil and make a sealed packet. Bake
20 minutes.

While the garlic is baking, cook pasta according to package
directions. Two minutes before pasta is done, add the zucchini to the
pasta cooking water. Cook two minutes. Drain zucchini and pasta.

Open the foil and mash the garlic lightly with a spoon. Toss with the
pasta and zucchini, season with salt and pepper and serve.

Each serving provides: 477 Calories; 15.5 g Protein; 84.2 g
Carbohydrates; 8.9 g Fat; 0 mg Cholesterol; 9.2 mg Sodium. Calories
from Fat: 17%

Copyright National Pasta Association (http://www.ilovepasta.org)
(Reprinted with permission)

Categories matching this recipe

Low ,fat ,Pasta ,Meatless