6 green and gold with pasta Recipes

orecchiette (little ear-shaped pasta), thick cut bacon, chopped (approx 4 oz), onion, chopped, frozen peas, canned garbanzo beans, drained (chick peas), fresh mint, chopped (or basil), parmesan cheese, grated (divided ), extra virgin olive oil

rotini pasta (or corkscrew macaroni or penne), green asparagus, oil, sugar, black pepper (or to taste), tomatoes, halved (or use a combination of veggies), feta cheese, diced (low-fat is fine, can use less ), sunflower seeds (optional) or 1 tbsp pine nuts (optional)

canola oil or olive oil, for cooking, garlic clove, minced, pancetta or 1/4 lb bacon, diced, chicken stock or 4 cups vegetable stock, whole tomatoes or 14 oz diced tomatoes or 2 large tomatoes, diced, red potatoes (peeling optional) or 2 medium yukon gold potatoes (peeling optional), carrot , cut in half lengthwise, zucchini, diced, green beans , cut into bite-sized pieces, beans (any kind, cooked or a 19 oz can, rinsed and drained), head napa cabbage (small head, thinly sliced ) or 1 head savoy cabbage (small head, thinly sliced) or 1 head bok choy (small head, thinly sliced), pesto sauce (plus more for the table ), dry pasta , cooked about 3 minutes less than package indicates, salt, pepper

extra virgin olive oil, pancetta, about 1oz, diced (i would leave this out), yellow onion, diced, carrots, peeled and diced, stalks celery, peeled and diced, minced garlic (i would use more), chicken stock or 6 cups vegetable stock, tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced . (or a 28 can of diced, drained), swiss chard, stems removed, and leaves chopped coarsely, yukon gold potato, green beans, trimmed and cut in smaller pieces (use fresh or frozen, not canned), yellow wax beans, trimmed and cut in smaller pieces (optional, imo), drained drained and rinsed canned cannellini beans, parmigiano-reggiano cheese, rind (real stuff(not green can), chopped fresh basil, chopped fresh italian parsley, kosher salt, ground pepper, ditallini orzo pasta or 1/2 cup other tiny pasta, freshly grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese