Tortellini With Vegetables

lauralie41's Note:

Sweet vegetables, cheese-filled pasta, and tangy garlic make this dish perfect for a summer afternoon picnic. This easy and quick recipe was adapted from a weight loss tracking website's newsletter.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 medium red pepper, sliced
• 1 medium green pepper, sliced
• 1 medium oranges or 1 medium yellow sweet pepper, sliced
• 1 cup snow peas or 1 cup sugar snap peas or 1 cup green beans
• 1 large tomato, quartered
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 5 -6 fresh basil leaves, shredded
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 cups cheese tortellini, dried
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated

Directions:

1. In a medium saucepan cook tortellini in boiling water until just tender. Drain and set aside.
2. Heat oil in a saute pan or medium sized pan and add onion. Cook until translucent than add garlic, peppers, basil, and beans. Continue cooking until peppers become slightly soft.
3. Toss the vegetable mixture with the drained tortellini, toss well, top with parmesan cheese and serve.

Reviews

[Sydney Mike]

Although I pretty much followed your recipe, I made a couple of small changes ~ I left out the red bell pepper & used 4 Roma tomatoes instead of 1 large tomato! Also opted for the snow peas over the several other 'green' choices! Really enjoyed the cheese-filled tortellini in this veggie dish & would happily make it again! Thanks for sharing the recipe! [Tagged & made in Please Review My Recipe tag]

[Karen Elizabeth]

Indeed, fresh and delicious, a great light mid-week supper, quickly prepared, that I served sprinkled with parmesan and ground black pepper, with cheesy garlic bread on the side, yum! Much enjoyed by all, thanks, Lauralie! Made for Aussie swap, November 2008

[CraftScout]

Mmmm, made with fresh basil from my mom's garden this was really quite fragrant. I used cherry tomatoes instead of larger ones, but otherwise made according to the recipe. I was afraid it might be light on flavor as one of the previous reviewer's stated, but the veggies really shine in this dish. Thank you for posting, made for ZWT4.