One Pot Pasta

These days for dinners I am all about fast, quick but healthy and easy to clean up which means the fewer the pots and pans the better. I am sure you have seen the One Pot Pasta pins all over Pinterest. One pot! Throw everything into one pot, then cook until pasta is done and serve. One pot! Easy to make and of course clean up because why one pot. So I was intrigued and decided to see how delicious a one pot pasta dish could actually be. With a little bit of heavy cream and parmesan and to balance that out a bit, I added mushrooms, peas and zucchini and actually it was quite tasty. The recipe made a ton of pasta and we definitely didn't finish it in one meal. I think there still might be some leftovers in the refrigerator a week later. Don't worry we will throw it out. One pot pasta a week later can not be tasty. Are you sick of me saying one pot pasta yet? Let's make the dish.

To make this meal, you need 1 pound of spaghetti, 1 pound cremini mushrooms, sliced, 2 zucchinis, sliced and quartered, 2/3 cup peas, 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced, 2 sprig thyme (I added some dried thyme instead), 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream, 4 1/2 cup water.

In one large pot (trust me), add in the spaghetti, mushrooms, zucchinis, peas, garlic clove, thyme and water. 

Season everything with salt and pepper to taste. Bring all the ingredients together to a boil, reduce the heat until pasta is completely cooked. 

Remove the pot from the stove, add in the heavy cream and Parmesan cheese together and then quickly stir. This pasta is best served as soon as the cream and Parmesan cheese are added in!

Serve with a side of veggies, bread or whatever suits your fancy! Enjoy!

recipe found here

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