A simple pasta dish with carrots and peas and a light tomato sauce made with tomato paste.

Giada's Pasta with Carrots and Peas

This is a meatless dish that I watched Giada de Laurentiis make one day on the Food Network channel. She used linguine, but I didn't have any in the pantry, so I used a combination of Barilla Plus and regular spaghetti pasta.

I was actually surprised to find that it made a very good sauce using no tomatoes - only tomato paste - in fact, that's exactly why I wanted to give it a try. And ya know, it worked! Tomato paste, a few standard seasonings, and pasta water ... so simple. It's a light and perfect for summer dish when you don't want a heavy meal to weigh you down. Don't forget to reserve some of the pasta water - you'll need it! Enjoy.

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Recipe: Giada's Pasta with Carrots and Peas

©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish

Prep time: 15 min |Cook time: 15 min |

Yield: About 4 to 6 servings

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Ingredients

• 1 pound of linguine or spaghetti pasta
• 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 of a large onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 carrot, diced
• Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
• 1 (6 ounce) can of tomato paste
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• Palmful of dried parsley
• 1 cup of frozen peas, thawed
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook to al dente. Reserve at least 3 cups of the pasta water when you drain it.

Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, carrots, salt, and pepper. Cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Add the tomato paste and 1/2 cup of the hot pasta water. Stir to blend in the tomato paste and create a sauce, adding more pasta water if necessary. Stir in the Italian seasoning, basil and parsley.

Gently fold in the cooked and drained pasta and the peas; add the Parmesan, and any of the additional pasta water as needed. Transfer to a platter and serve immediately.

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