PASTA, GREEN BEANS AND POTATOES WITH PESTO
The most elegant pasta dish that Italian cooks have ever invented is astonishingly simple to make. Here, the magical green sauce is tossed with trenette (or any long pasta you can twirl around a fork), tender slices of potato and barely blanched green beans.
Provided by Nancy Harmon Jenkins
Categories dinner, weeknight, pastas, main course, side dish
Time 30m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Make pesto: In the bowl of food processor, add basil, pine nuts, salt and garlic. Pulse until mixture is coarse and grainy. With the motor running, add oil in slow, steady stream. Add cheese; process just enough to mix well. If sauce is too dry, add a little more oil. Taste; add more cheese or salt, if desired.
- Bring 6 quarts water to rolling boil. Add at least 2 tablespoons salt and the potato slices. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until potatoes have started to soften but are not cooked through. Add green beans, and continue boiling another 5 minutes.
- Add pasta, and stir. Start testing pasta at 5 minutes. When it is done, and when potatoes and beans are tender, drain and turn pasta and vegetables immediately into preheated bowl. Add pesto, and mix thoroughly. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 414, UnsaturatedFat 15 grams, Carbohydrate 49 grams, Fat 19 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 12 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 304 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams
POTATOES WITH BEANS N PASTA.
My oldest son can't stand potatoes. He will eat them if it is all I have on hand and usually I do, potatoes can go along way and can be used in so many ways. I decided to search some recipe sites I like and I found this one from the Taste of Home site. I wanted to share this recipe because it has everything I love and I believe...
Provided by Eileen Hineline
Categories Salads
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- 1. Add 1 in. of water to a large saucepan; add the potatoes and beans. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- 2. Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet, saute peppers and garlic in oil for 3 minutes. Stir in the broth, lemon juice, basil, parsley, lemon peel, salt and pepper. Cook over low heat for 2 minutes.
- 3. Drain potatoes and beans. Add potatoes, beans and pasta to pepper mixture; heat through. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
GREEN BEANS AND POTATOES
A good side dish when your guests are vegetarians and meat lovers. (As in my house.)
Provided by Krista B.
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Green Beans
Time 35m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat combine potatoes, green beans, thyme, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and 3/4 cup of broth. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- In a small bowl blend remaining broth and cornstarch. Stir in parsley; add to potato mixture. Cook, stirring, until bubbly and thickened.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 82.7 calories, Carbohydrate 18.3 g, Fat 0.2 g, Fiber 2.6 g, Protein 2.1 g, Sodium 99.3 mg, Sugar 2.2 g
HERBY PESTO, BEAN & POTATO PASTA
You'll make this again and again, it's good for you, low fat and simple to make
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Dinner, Main course, Supper
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and cook the potatoes for 5 mins. Add the pasta and cook following pack instructions. Add the green beans 3 mins before the end.
- Meanwhile, in a mini chopper or small food processor, blitz the pesto ingredients until roughly chopped.
- When the pasta is cooked, drain and tip back into the pan. Toss through the pesto and crème fraîche and divide into bowls. Serve with shaved Parmesan on top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 405 calories, Fat 12 grams fat, SaturatedFat 4 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 66 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 4 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 14 grams protein, Sodium 0.21 milligram of sodium
PASTA WITH PESTO, POTATOES, AND GREEN BEANS
Steps:
- Peel and cut the potatoes into 1-inch cubes; place in a large pot of water and bring to a boil.
- Add 1 tablespoon salt and the cavatappi; return to a boil and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add the green beans. Return to a boil; cook until the vegetables are tender and the pasta is al dente according to package instructions.
- Drain; toss with the pesto and season with salt and pepper. Serve warm or at room temperature.
BEST EVER PESTO & POTATO PASTA
A child-friendly take on pasta alla genovese. Kids can help make the green sauce and toss the whole mix together
Provided by Barney Desmazery
Categories Main course
Time 31m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- KIDS: the writing in bold is for you. GROWN-UPS: the rest is for you. Pick the basil for the pesto. Get your child to pick the basil leaves off the stalks. Ask them to look at and smell the leaves as you tell them the name of the herb until they remember it - try to do this with all herbs when you can.
- Make the pesto. Toast the pine nuts in a pan over a low heat. A child of seven years plus can stir the nuts in the pan. Tip into a mini chopper (or use a pestle and mortar) with the basil, parmesan, garlic and olive oil. Blitz or pound into a green sauce, then set aside.
- Chop up the beans. Using a child-friendly knife, get children from the age of five to chop the green beans into shorter lengths, and quarter the potatoes. Younger children can snap the beans into short lengths while you prepare the potatoes.
- Cook the vegetables and pasta. Bring a large pan of water to the boil, add the potatoes and boil for 3 mins. Remove from the heat and ask the child to tip in the pasta and give it a stir. Put the pan back on the heat, boil the pasta for 5 mins, add the beans and cook for a final 3 mins.
- Mix everything together. Drain everything well and tip into a bowl. Spoon most of the pesto into the pasta and stir everything together to coat. Bring the large bowl of pasta to the table and serve with extra parmesan, more basil and remaining pesto, if you like.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 540 calories, Fat 34 grams fat, SaturatedFat 6 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 46 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 2 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 12 grams protein, Sodium 0.2 milligram of sodium
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