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Bowtie Pasta with Baked Potato Wedges

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How are you guys enjoying your Spring? Doesn't it feel nice to wake up on a bright, beautiful sunny morning. It's so nice to see all the colorful flowers blooming everywhere, making the world look colorful and fresh. I was getting very tired of the cold weather, rainy gloomy days and those jackets! It's time for summer outfits, shorts and flip flops.. aah! It makes me SO happy 🙂

I am really blessed that I did not have to stay in places with extreme weather. In India, I was staying in Bangalore, where the weather is pretty much steady through out the year. It's neither too humid nor too warm. Then in US, it's California! Although these days, due to global warming, it's no longer pleasant throughout the year. Yet, it's much better as compared to the extreme climate of other cities.


During this season, I like to eat light food - nothing too deep fried nor too oily. Also, I need to shed those calories which have been hiding beneath my jackets all through the winter 😉 As I was blog hopping, I came across this pasta dish from Confessions of a Bake-aholic and it looked so refreshing, light and healthy. I immediately knew that I would love it.


I gave it my own twist to adjust it with my pantry and our taste buds. I decided to use bowtie pasta instead of penne, no specific reason.. really! It took hardly 15 mins to make this dish. Since it was a lemon-flavored light pasta, I thought of baking some potato wedges in the oven. The combination was just perfect. The tangy light pasta with the mild spicy potato wedges was a perfect treat to our tummies 🙂

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Ingredients for the pasta with asparagus

Kankana Saxena
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Ingredients
 

  • 2 cups bow tie pasta
  • ½ bunch asparagus (chopped into 1 inch pieces)
  • ½ medium onion (thinly sliced)
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1 tbs fresh lemon juice
  • 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
  • parmesan cheese for garnishing
  • salt
  • pepper
  • oil

Instructions
 

  • Boil the pasta in hot water with a handful of salt. It's important to season the pasta while boiling it. This should take about 8 to 10 mins.
  • In the mean-time, heat a pan with some oil.
  • Add the asparagus and cook for about 3 minutes. Once done, keep the cooked asparagus aside.
  • In the same pan, add garlic and onion and saute them till they are cooked.
  • Add lemon zest, lemon juice and cooked asparagus to the pan and turn off the heat.
  • Drain the boiled pasta and retain about 1 cup of the pasta water.
  • Now, add the pasta to the pan and mix it properly. If required, add a little bit of the pasta water. This will keep the pasta moist.
  • Garnish with some shaved or shredded parmesan cheese and serve with the baked potato wedges.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Servings

NOTE : Make the potato wedges before you cook the pasta and keep them warm in the oven.

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  1. eizel

    This is very nice, K!

    Digging the pics... Your shots have been looking very pro!

  2. Kim- Liv Life

    MMM!! How I adore pasta dishes, and yours with the asparagus is simply wonderful. It has spring written all over it. Nicely done!

  3. RS

    Lovely platter sounds very fabulous...

  4. yummychunklet

    Yum! This dish looks nice and carb-y!

  5. Suman Singh

    Anything with pasta sounds super YUM and delicious to me...Those baked potato wedges looks perfect and inviting...Amazing pics as always!

  7. Dee D.

    That look absolutely delicious! And the fries look so crispy and perfect 🙂 Yummy!

  8. Miriam

    That pasta looks fabulous! I love the lemon, onion, and garlic together, mmmmm...
    You got those potatoes to look perfect too! Well done :), Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters

  9. aipi

    That is one beautiful looking meal- the pasta sounds so light n fresh tasting n the baked potato wedges are always welcome- the pics are stunning!
    US Masala

  10. Steph @Lick My Spoon

    Same here! i've just been craving all things green lately 🙂 This looks like a lovely pasta dish for a warm night. and that asparagus! just gorgeous

  11. Vimitha

    Yummy combination... Both the dishes look perfectly done... The baked potato wedges would be a perfect munch-on...

  12. jeyashrisuresh

    nice combo and fantastic recipe too

  14. Nandini

    Wow! That's a nice combo! So groovy!

  15. Maria @ Scandifoodie

    A perfect dish for spring! This looks both beautiful and delicious!

  16. Raji

    Love this dish..sound so simple to make and looks so beautiful.

  17. Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets

    I love bowtie pasta -- it's so cute. Love how fresh and simple both recipes are.

  18. Priya Sreeram

    yummmmm! looks awesome kankana- guess what i made potato wedges y'day the same way1 the pasta looks stunning

  19. Meghna

    wow Kankana Pasta looks so yummy! Wish i could grab the dish from pics and start eating 🙂

  20. tasteofbeirut

    This dish and the photos are so inspiring I feel like getting in the kitchen and making this right now~