Pasta With Mushrooms and Asparagus
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh asparagus chopped in 3 cm pieces 250 mL
- 1 Tbsp canola oil 15 mL
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped thinly
- 2 ¼ cup crimini mushrooms in small cubes 560 mL
- 7 oz fusilli pasta 200 g
- ¾ tsp salt 4 mL
- 1 tsp black pepper 5 mL
- ½ cup parmesan cheese, grated 125 mL
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper 5 mL
Instructions
- In a saucepan, boil asparagus in salted water for 2 minutes. Strain and cool with cold water. Set aside.
- Heat canola oil in a medium sized saucepan, add garlic and mushrooms, cook until liquid from mushrooms is consumed. Add asparagus to mushrooms, heat and sauté with salt and black pepper.
- Meanwhile. cook pasta according to package instructions. Strain pasta when it’s al dente and add it to vegetables. Add a bit of the liquid from cooking pasta, if desired.
- Serve with parmesan and cayenne pepper
Yield
4 servings
serving size
1 cup (250 mL)
nutritional analysis
| Calories | 310 |
| Total Fat | 9 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2.5 g |
| Cholesterol | 10 mg |
| Carbohydrates | 43 g |
| Fiber | 6 g |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Protein | 15 g |
| Sodium | 700 mg |
| Potassium | 580 mg |
