PASTA AND VEGETABLES WITH SOUR CREAM

Pasta and Vegetables With Sour Cream image

Provided by Marian Burros

Categories dinner, easy, quick, pastas, main course, side dish

Time 15m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

8 ounces whole onion or 7 ounces chopped, ready-cut onion
1 teaspoon olive oil
2 large cloves garlic
8 ounces whole red pepper or 7 ounces chopped, ready-cut pepper
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 pound zucchini
8 ounces short cut fresh pasta like fusilli
1/8 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4 tablespoons low-fat sour cream

Steps:

Bring water for pasta to boil in covered pot.
Chop whole onion.
Heat large nonstick skillet until it is very hot; reduce heat to medium high, and add oil. Add the onion, and cook until it begins to brown.
Meanwhile, slice and add garlic.
Wash, trim and seed pepper, and chop and add to onion as it cooks with the thyme.
Wash, trim and cube zucchini, and add to vegetables; cover, and cook over low heat for a few more minutes, until pasta is cooked.
Cook pasta according to package directions.
When pasta is cooked, drain and stir into vegetables with the sour cream. Season with salt and pepper, and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 616, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 114 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 11 grams, Protein 22 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 198 milligrams, Sugar 18 grams