The big garden I had envisioned last spring, somehow didn’t happen this year. I got too busy, and sadly my garden plans fell to the wayside. I did manage to grow a lovely herb garden that has been much enjoyed. Luckily though, one of my lovely neighbors has been giving me bags full of garden vegetables like zucchini and squash. Roasted Vegetable Pasta is one of my favorite simple dishes to prepare, and it uses up a lot of fresh garden veggies.
Vegetables are the star of this dish and their flavors really come through in the roasting process. You won’t miss the meat with this dish!
Roasted Vegetable Pasta
ingredients:
3 medium zucchini
3 medium yellow squash
1 pint cherry tomatoes
1 medium red onion
1 red bell pepper
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper, to taste
1 pound penne pasta (preferably enriched or whole wheat)
grated Parmesan (optional)
directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees, and get out 2 large shallow baking pans.
Wash vegetables well, dry and cut into bit size pieces. Place the veggies into the baking pans, in a single layer. Sprinkle vegetables with salt and pepper. Drizzle olive oil over the vegetables. Roast for about 40 to 45 minutes, rotating the top and bottom pans about halfway through.
Approximately 15 minutes before the vegetables are done, prepare pasta according to package directions, until al dente. Drain pasta. Place pasta in a large serving bowl and top with roasted vegetables. Stir to combine and top with grated Parmesan cheese, if desired. Enjoy!
What have you been making with summer vegetables?
Roasted Vegetable Pasta
Ingredients
- 3 medium zucchini
- 3 medium yellow squash
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes
- 1 medium red onion
- 1 red bell pepper
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 pound penne pasta (preferably enriched or whole wheat)
- grated Parmesan (optional)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees, and get out 2 large shallow baking pans.
Wash vegetables well, dry and cut into bit size pieces. Place the veggies into the baking pans, in a single layer. Sprinkle vegetables with salt and pepper. Drizzle olive oil over the vegetables. Roast for about 40 to 45 minutes, rotating the top and bottom pans about halfway through.
Approximately 15 minutes before the vegetables are done, prepare pasta according to package directions, until al dente. Drain pasta. Place pasta in a large serving bowl and top with roasted vegetables. Stir to combine and top with grated Parmesan cheese, if desired. Enjoy!
That looks so tasty! I am going to bookmark this so I can make it sometime this month.
What a fun pasta salad! I love the idea of tossing in zucchini and squash that makes for a new twist! Gonna have to add this to the menu!
Oh my this looks amazing and so fresh. I have recently grown to love all kinds of vegetables like this.
This looks so good. I love adding veggies to my dishes…it tastes good, it’s healthy and it’s fulling.
Oh my goodness, that looks heavenly. I think I need to be adding this into my meal plans. YUM
That looks amazing! Adding veggies to meals is one of the best things I do for my family. This sounds super easy and I will try it!
Fantastic that it doesn’t have a heavy sauce. I am going to try this!
I love fresh veggies, especially roasted and pasta is one of my favorite dishes!
Thanks for sharing, I like that it’s a lighter pasta dish, most are so heavy.
This looks really good. I love the vegetables you choose to use in this pasta.
Yum, that looks so good and a great way to use up all the summer veggies from the garden.
I love summer squash. This is a perfect dish to serve on the back deck, in the evening with a good glass of wine and some garlic bread!
This looks so light and fresh. It is a great way to use up the vegetables from the garden, especially on these hot summer days.
This looks and sounds amazing! You ladies are amazing.
I love any dish with pasta! Especially a healthy vegetable dish like this!
thanks,
Mitch
I love pasta with veggies, it’s such a perfect spring and summer dish.
ohh this is an amazing recipe! And it’s so perfect for the kids, or for big parties! Thanks for sharing!!
This looks excellent. Our garden is exploding with cucumbers, tomatoes and squash. I need to try this recipe!
I love pasta! With all of these colorful veggies, definitely feeling the yumminess!
That is the perfect thing to bring to a cookout. It’s an awesome side dish 🙂
I have not made enough 🙁 this looks really good and healthy.
This looks delicious. This would be a great side dish or even just a vegetarian main course. I think I’ll make this and throw some chicken in as well.
Oh, yum this looks so good. I’m thinking it would be good with some leftover chicken tossed into it.
This looks delicious, love the vegtables.
This looks amazing. It’d make a great side dish or even a main dish for those meatless days.
This looks like a perfect summer recipe!
This looks so light but filling!
Mmmmm…. This sounds so good! Thanks for the inspiration!
Yum, that looks delish! We must add it to our menu this week.
OMGosh this look so so good. It’s late here (about 9:30pm) and I’m STARVING and I could REALLY go for some pasta like this right now!
Yummy, I’d love to make this as we have all the ingredients for it, yay no going out! 🙂
This looks delicious and super easy! I could prep it the night before and be set when I got home from work.
This looks so yummy!
My garden wasn’t as awesome as I’d dreamed either. I have my work cut out for me…
All of my favorite veggies wrapped up into one pasta dish. Oh man, this looks so delicious!
This looks delicious. I love zucchini and summer squash and am always looking for new pasta recipes. Going to bookmark this one.
This looks so yummy!! I’m always looking for new recipes with summer veggies – gotta love squash!
Looks delicious, I would only switch the red onion for a white or yellow. Fantastic pasta recipe so light and yummy perfect for the last days of summer
Looks great! I love the tomatoes. The seasoning looks good.
Oh my gosh that looks so fresh and delicious. Love the yummy veggies!
I really wanted to have a garden this year but I got busy and forgot. This looks like a fantastic pasta dish to make. I’ve never had roasted vegetable pasta before.
This looks absolutely deliscious. I think it may have to be on my menu this week. Thank you for sharing at Share It One More Time. Cathy
this looks so delicious!! I need to try this soon!
Wow, that looks amazing!!! Love that it’s healthy too. I’ll have to try this!
Roasting is one of my favorite ways to eat my veggies. I hadn’t thought about adding them to pasta, though. Great idea. Thanks.
Yum! Those vegetables look so delicious! All of that color and freshness! Thank you for linking at the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party. Hope to see you again next week.
This looks so fresh and healthy. thank you for posting this.
As much as I’ve loved the ice cream and smoothies of the summer, I’m really looking forward to the flavors of fall. This looks like a perfect recipe for the in-between time. It’s hearty and feels like a fall meal, but celebrates all the flavors coming out of the garden right now.
This combination of veggies with the olive oil sounds very tasty. Thanks for the recipe.
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This sounds just lovely. Thank you for sharing this recipe with us.
This looks so good! I love this time of year getting fresh veggies from the garden and farm.
Mmm. My kinda dish! I love all those veggies and pasta! So simple. I could bring this for the next family gathering.
It looks delicious. I think it would be wonderful for a Meatless Monday meal.
Hi, Hope You are Well Today! I Love this Recipe for the Roasted Vegetable Pasta! I Rarely eat Meat & it’s Harder than you think to Find Good Vegetarian Recipes that I Like! I May Once in a While eat Fish or Chicken but Not Very Often! I am Always Looking for New Ways to Cook Pasta or Beans b/c that’s Where I Get Most of my Protein! I also like How Versatile this Recipe is; You Could Always Make it your Own with Substitutions! It Would be Great in the Fall with Just the Squash, Pumpkin, and Maybe Some Kind of Nut Like Sunflower Seeds or Pine Nuts! I Love Recipes Like this so Thank You Very Much! God Bless, Jana Williams
This recipe looks delicious! I need to make this as a side dish. I know that my family would love this dish.
Awesome way to use all those fresh veggies from the garden. I am going to make this today. So yummy!
I LOVE roasted veggies with my pasta! I just wish I had a garden, or even knew someone with a nice garden like you do, but store-bought is better than none at all. Pinned & planned! Yummy!
This looks really delicious! I’m pinning it!
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