Add something colorful to your family’s Italian dinner! Enjoy this pasta made with three bell peppers and basil pesto - ready in 25 minutes.
Three-Pepper Pasta with Pesto
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 25 min
- Ingredients 9
- Servings 4
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups uncooked ziti pasta (8 oz.)
- 1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion, cut into thin wedges
- 1 medium red or orange bell pepper, cut into bite-sized strips
- 1 medium yellow bell pepper, cut into bite-sized strips
- 1 small green bell pepper, cut into bite-sized strips
- 1/3 cup basil pesto
- 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup shredded fresh Asiago or Parmesan cheese (1 oz. )
Instructions
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Step1Cook ziti as directed on package. Drain.
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Step2Meanwhile, in 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat until hot. Add onion; cook and stir 2 minutes. Add bell peppers; cook 3 to 5 minutes or until onion and peppers are crisp-tender, stirring frequently.
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Step3Add cooked ziti; stir gently to mix. Remove from heat; stir in pesto and vinegar. If desired, add salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with cheese.
Nutrition
400
Calories
16g
Total Fat
13g
Protein
50g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 400
- Calories from Fat
- 140
- Total Fat
- 16g
- 25%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 15%
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 270mg
- 11%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 50g
- 17%
- Dietary Fiber
- 3g
- 12%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 13g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 25%
- 25%
- Vitamin C
- 90%
- 90%
- Calcium
- 15%
- 15%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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