Looking to use up your summer produce?
These delicious pasta dinners star your favorite in-season veggiesthink bell peppers, corn, tomatoes and more.
Super Green Pasta
Pack in your veggies with this quick and easy green pasta.
Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Margret Monroe Dickey, Prop Stylist: Christine Keely
you could substitute chopped fresh summer-ripe tomatoes for the cherry tomatoes.
Serve with crusty garlic bread and a green salad on the side.
To amp up the veggies even more, try adding asparagus or peas to the dish.
Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Margret Monroe Dickey, Prop Stylist: Christine Keely
Paired with beans, it makes a filling vegetarian meal.
Here, we take advantage of fresh summer zucchini, which lightens up the dish.
Cooking the pasta right in the sauce saves time and cleanup while infusing the noodles with more flavor.
Photographer: Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle
Turkey, Pesto & Broccoli Pasta
This easy pasta recipe is a weeknight dinner lifesaver.
While shelf-stable pesto will work here, we prefer the fresh flavor and more vibrant color of refrigerated pesto.
Look for it in the refrigerated section of your supermarket, near the fresh pasta and marinara sauce.
Photographer: Sara Baurley, Food Stylist: Julia Levy, Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle
That’s why we opt for the richer flavor of whole-milk ricotta over part-skim.
Pair with a big green salad and a bottle of chilled rose for a summer meal on the deck.
Creamy Spinach Pasta
This might be one of the creamiest light pasta dishes you’ve ever had!
The mascarpone cheese adds a richness to the spinach pasta that’s unexpectedespecially in a healthy pasta recipe.
Cashew, Chickpea & Pasta Salad with Cilantro-Mint-Shallot Vinaigrette
In our humble opinion, the dressingmakesthis salad.
Or bake it at home and bring it along–it’s delicious at room temperature too.
Diana Chistruga
Caitlin Bensel
Sara Haas
John Autry and Randy Mayor; Styling: Cindy Barr
