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Bright Green Pasta Salad Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Jessicahartley / All my dishes 5 months, 2 weeks ago With summer comes seasonal produce and with barbeques come pasta salad. The result is a wonderful blending of year round favorites with fresh green vegetables like pasta & broccoli! Prep:10m Cook:30m Servings:8	Jessicahart
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Ingredients

2 cloves roasted garlic

kosher salt to taste

fresh ground pepper

1/4 cup chicken broth

1/8 cup olive oil + a few tablespoons for drizzling

2 heads fresh broccoli (could use frozen but won’t have as much texture)

1 lb penne (or your favorite pasta- rigatoni, bowties, etc)

Fresh Basil, chiffondaded (optional)

Parmesan Cheese (optional)

Directions

GARLIC: Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Peel the garlic cloves’ outer layers and slice about 1-2 inches off the top, so you can see the “meat” of the garlic. Wrap the cloves in aluminum foil and lightly drizzle the tops of the garlic before completely sealing. Then roast in your oven for 30-35 minutes or until garlic cloves are soft.

BROCCOLI: While the garlic is cooking, trim and chop your broccoli into small pieces (slightly larger than bite size). You can either sautee or steam the broccoli until crisp and tender. I usually eye ball the timing.

PASTA: And while your broccoli is cooking, bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook your pasta until al dente (follow boxed instructions).

When the garlic cloves are cool enough to handle, peel them from their shells and dice as best you can. Since the cloves will be soft, they can get a bit mushy. The trick is to cook them just enough so that they don’t reach this point. But they are delicious either way you slice it.

If you time everything correctly (which admittedly take some practice) your broccoli and pasta should be ready at the same time. Hopefully this is the case and you can drain the pasta from the water, reserving 1/4 cup of the cooking liquid.

You can then combine the steamed or sauteed broccoli, al dente pasta, roasted garlic, cooking liquid, olive oil, and chicken broth. Sprinkle with kosher salt & pepper to taste and then to with the basil chiffonade & parmesan cheese. And voila…. Bright Green Pasta Salad!

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donman 5 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Sounds really good :)

lovebreezy 5 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Funny "with fresh green vegetables like pasta & broccoli". Never knew pasta was considered a vegetable. I'm overjoyed, now I can eat it and know I'm having something healthy. Where do you buy pasta seeds? (-: Just havin' fun with you.

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