Summer is here!!! Summer is here!!! This means two things:
1. Easy dinners
2. Fresh garden vegetables
As someone who love to cook elaborate dinners are a put on the shelf. This creamy spaghetti a summertime go to. I love the spicy roasted broccoli with the creamy spaghetti. The crispy bits on the broccoli are the bomb.
If you’re not a fan of broccoli you can really use any other vegetable you like or you can add a protein like roasted chicken or some sausage.
Now I know what you’re thinking…creamy pasta, that has to be filled with fat and calories. Well actually, no. I use Asiago Laughing Cow cheese as the base of this zesty cheese sauce. Each wedge is 35 calories and had a ton of flavor.
I combine milk with the cheese and then amp up the flavor with fresh basil. Boom! Instant creamy pasta sauce. THE Best part of this recipe, you can go from table to bowl in about 20 minutes.
Creamy Asiago Spaghetti with Spicy Roasted Broccoli
Ingredients
Roasted Broccoli
- 1 lb broccoli floretes
- 1 tb olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp crushed red pepper
Creamy Pasta
- 1 lb spaghetti
- 6 Laughing Cow Asiago Wedges
- 1/2 cup milk any kind I prefer 2%
- 1 cup basil chopped
- 1/4 cup pasta water
Instructions
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Preheat over to 425 degrees.
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On a roasting pan place broccoli.
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Drizzle with olive oil.
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Sprinkle with salt, ground pepper, garlic powered and crushed red pepper.
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Cook for 15 minutes or u until broccoli is tender but still crisp.
Pasta
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Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
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Add pasta, and cook until al dente. Reserve 1/4 of pasta water.
Cheese Sauce
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While the pasta is cooking, in a large pan on low, bring milk to a simmer. Add Laughing Cow cheese wedges. Slowly whisk and melt cheese wedges.
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When milk and cheese are melted. Add a 1/4 of the pasta water that is cooking. Whisk until combined.
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Add basil and cooked pasta. Toss until pasta is combined with sauce.
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Add broccoli and toss so broccoli is combined with pasta.
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If you like a cheesier pasta double recipe for cheese sauce.
Laughing Cow sent me a free samples of their New Creamy Asiago Cheese Wedges. Recipe and thoughts are all my own.
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