Primavera Pasta Farfalle - The Insanely Sexy Potato Show

A light pasta dish for summertime, as request by my friend Richard! If wikipedia didnt lie to me, this recipe is authentically italian. The sauce is made from soffrito (mirepoix: celery, onion, carrot) and fresh green vegetables. Primavera means spring so asparagus, zucchini and peas are often used in this recipe but you can use just about any vegetables you want. If you have something about to die in your fridge, just throw it in there! Its great to avoid wasting food!

You also want to use fresh herbs, extra virgin olive oil and real parmesan cheese to maximize the flavors. Then again pretty much any herb you like will go well with these pasta. That's what's so great about primavera, you can make it a different way every time you have it.

People usually like to use linguini or farfalle to make pasta primavera. I also like to use rotini or fusilli sometimes. They key is to let your creative sense guide you to your ideal combination of ingredients.

List of Ingredients:
2 cups of farfalle
1/2 lbs of asparagus
1 zucchini
1/2 onion
1 carrot
2 celery stalks
1 tomato
5 cloves of garlic
1/2 cup of frozen peas
fresh herbs of your choice
salt and pepper
parmesan to taste
olive oil