Healthy Serving:
Pasta and Broccoli

Ingredients:

  • Fresh broccoli*
  • Penne pasta
  • Fresh garlic
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 tablespoons margarine
  • Parmesan cheese
  • 1 to 1 cups and 3 tablespoons low-salt chicken broth
  • 1 tablespoons cornstarch
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste

Directions:

Heat margarine and olive oil in large frying pan. Add chopped garlic. Do Not Brown. Add broccoli crowns and mix well to coat the broccoli with the olive oil/margarine/garlic mixture. Add 1 to 1 1/2 cups chicken broth. Lower heat; cover and steam broccoli. Mix 1 tablespoons cornstarch with 3 tablespoons chicken broth and stir into mixture in frying pan to thicken. Add prepared penne pasta. Mix to heat through. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper to taste.

*Any combination of fresh crispy-type vegetables can be used.

Recipe from Newport Hospital's Book of Favorite Recipes, compiled by hospital staff and friends. More about Newport Hospital

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