Zucchini and squash angel hair pasta

In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta according to instructions.

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While pasta is cooking, in a large saute pan, heat pan on medium-high flame, add oil when pan is hot. Add garlic and shallots to the pan and saute about 1 minute. Add zucchini and season with salt and pepper. Cook about 2 minutes, add tomatoes, crushed red pepper flakes, parsley, vegetable broth and adjust salt and pepper. Stir for another minute. Remove from flame.

Drain pasta when done reserving some of the water and and toss the pasta well with zucchini. Add pasta water if needed and serve with grated Parmesan (optional).

Enjoy!

"This is so simple and so good. I make this on an indoor grill, but it can be made on an outside grill or in a stovetop grill pan. This is adapted from a recipe in Everyday Food Magazine (#3), and the original recipe is pasta and cheese-less and also includes grilled chicken. Sometimes I also make it that way."

Ready In:

30mins

Ingredients:

ingredients

4 ounces uncooked angel hair pasta
1 1⁄2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon dried basil
2 small yellow squash or 2 small zucchini, halved lengthwise
3 medium tomatoes, halved
salt, to taste
1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated

directions

Cook pasta according to package, drain.
In a medium bowl, combine squash, tomatoes, oil, garlic, salt, basil, and pepper.
Set aside.
Heat up grill (medium-high heat if you have temperature control, mine has just the one temperature setting).
Grill the vegetables 3-5 minutes per side until they are slightly softened and browned (it takes more like 20 minutes total in my grill, so you may really need to experiment with cooking times).
Remove from grill and allow to cool enough for you to handle.
Cut the veggies into bite-sized pieces.
Toss pasta and vegetables together in a large serving bowl.
Top with cheese.

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This was fresh and quick. A bit of a hassle to grill the veggies and a bit too much basil. If I were to make it again I’d precut the veg and cook them in a pan and I’d leave out the basil and lemon and just stick with the oil and garlic. I’d also just use regular spaghetti instead of angel hair as a personal preference.
Love how simple and delicious this is! I couldn't find Summer squash, so used zucchini, but it still worked out great. The grilled tomatoes burst with flavour and went so well with the squash. We'll be adding this to our dinner rota as it's so quick to make!