Butternut Squash with Whole Wheat Pasta and Veggies recipe

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11/24/2011

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Butternut Squash with Whole Wheat Pasta and Veggies recipe

Recipe for Butternut Squash with Whole Wheat Pasta and Veggies - contains chicken but can be served vegetarian.

Ingredients

1/2 Butternut Squash
2 large Carrots
1 Onion
2 cups Broccoli florets
2 Celery Sticks
Parsley
Salt and Pepper to taste
2 Tbs. Olive Oil
2 Tbs. Tomato Sauce
1/2 cup Chicken Broth/ or Vegetable
1/2 Chicken Breast *optional
1 Pk. Whole Wheat Pasta

Directions

Put the Cleaned and cut butternut chunks into a pot with the carrot slices, peeled onion and celery. (this also makes a great base for a soup/broth)

Add about 3 cups water with salt and boil for about 20 minutes and then add the broccoli florets, turn off the heat and cover until ready to be used.

In a large pan put Olive oil and minced onion, cook until soft and add water if necissary after 1 min.
Add chicken chunks and let the chicken get bit brown on all sides.

With a ladle transfer the cooked veggies to the onion and chicken pot.

Stir and season as needed.

Pour 1/2 cup of Chicken or Vegetable broth into the mix, cover and let it cook for next 10 minutes.

Cook pasta according to the package, drain and cover.

At this time you can put all the veggies in a food processor to make it a smooth mixture. Or you could skip this step for whole veggies.

Add 2 Tbs of Tomato sauce and mix with the veggies and chicken. Stir and transfer all the pasta to the pot with vegetable and chicken. Sprinkle with bit of minced parsley.

Stir again and cover before serving.

Servings

Serves 4

Recipe provided courtesy of Sandra's Easy Cooking food blog.

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