Linguine with Fresh Summer Veggies & Feta

Day 286

Linguine with Fresh Summer Veggies & Feta

Fresh Summer Veggies

There is no shortage of veggies around here this time of year, and usually the only question is how to use them. I have enjoyed other variations of this meal in the past couple of months, so I grabbed some linguine and feta and a few more veggies from Sobey's and whipped this up in an hour and a half flat. Ugh. I was not expecting it to take that long.

Summer vegetables

The washing and chopping took about half the time and the cooking took about 40 more minutes, just to get the carrots to a desirable softness.

Garden Ingredients (Organic)

Carrots
Broccoli
Snow peas
Snap (shelled) peas
Kale (about 1 1/2 cups chopped)
1 bulb garlic
Oregano
Basil

Carrots & kale

Store Ingredients

Feta
Package of linguine (I used 3/4 of the package)
Grape tomatoes
Red pepper
8 oz fresh organic white mushrooms

Some of the veggies beginning to cook

Directions

I am not always the best cook, despite having some of the best ingredients to work with. Booo. I threw the carrots, broccoli, peas, tomatoes, mushrooms, red peppers and garlic into the pot with a bit of peanut oil and began to saute them. Before long, I could see that the peas and broccoli were much farther along than the carrots. I removed the broccoli and peas from the pan and continued cooking the rest, but the garlic cooked away, unfortunately.

When the carrots were finally getting soft, I added the chopped kale.

Adding chopped kale

Meanwhile, I cooked the pasta then mixed in with the vegetables. Next, I crumbled the feta into it and stirred everything in.

Adding the pasta & feta

Finally, I added the broccoli, peas and fresh herbs, let it cook about 2 more minutes and served it. The broccoli was still a bit crunchy, but that's not the worst thing.

Linguine with Fresh Summer Veggies & Feta

Tip: When using fresh herbs, always add them at the end, to retain their flavor. Same goes for garlic. Cook just until aromatic.

Reviews/Comments

I loved this so much. I rated it a 10, because there were so many awesome flavors and it was pretty nutritious and not difficult to make. Laura rated it an 8, and thought regular tomatoes, chopped fine, would have made it a better meal because it would have made a saucier cheese sauce. Filing that away for next time.