Pasta With Smoked Salmon & Lemon Cream

from BHG Dinnertime Express

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 8  ounces  dried medium pasta shells or 8  ounces  cavatelli or 8  ounces orecchiette pasta
• 1 (5 ounce) container  semisoft  spreadable cheese with garlic and herbs
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 1  teaspoon  finely shredded lemon peel
• 1  tablespoon lemon juice
• 2  medium zucchini, and halved lengthwise and thinly sliced (2 cups) or 2  medium  summer squash, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced (2 cups)
• 6  ounces  thinly sliced smoked salmon (lox)
• 2  tablespoons  snipped fresh chives

Directions

1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and return to saucepan.
2. For sauce, in a medium saucepan, heat cheese and milk over low heat until cheese melts, whisking until smooth. Stir in lemon peel and lemon juice. Stir in zucchini and salmon; heat through. Pour sauce over pasta and toss gently to coat.
3. Sprinkle with chives.