Vegetable Pasta Recipes

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Vegetable Pasta Recipes

Vegetable pasta recipes remind me of summer in Italy. Bright greens and reds infusing the cool crisp taste of fresh garden vegetables, warmed and ripened to perfection by the summer sun.

However, lets not forget that Vegetable pasta's can warm your heart and your belly during the Winter months as well, with deep rich flavors of mushrooms, carrots and cauliflower.

My Father made a Roasted Winter Vegetable puree, poured it over freshly made pasta and drizzled it with Olive Oil. It's a taste that remains in my mind today!

For every vegetable available to us, I guarantee there is an Italian pasta recipe waiting to be created.

Seasonal Flavors and fresh local ingredients. That's what Italian Food is all about.

Although this collection of vegetable pasta dishes are not about being vegetarian, this is the section of this site for you if you are. I've tried to accumulate some very unique recipes to make your meals exciting and delicious!

Let's talk about Summer fresh vegetable pasta recipes:

Spicy Arugula
Creamy Avocados
Sweet Bell Peppers
Crisp Cucumbers
Wonderful Squash
Bright Red Tomatoes
Brilliantly Green Zucchini

Blending some or all of them into a flavorful and colorful cold pasta salad recipe on a hot summer day. Serve it with a crisp glass of Pinot Grigio and some crusty Italian bread and you've got the makings of a beautiful Sunday brunch.

This is the perfect time to break out your favorite pesto recipe to add it to these masterpieces.

Pasta PrimaVera Recipes, Prima Vera means Summer in Italian, are the perfect example of a summer classic Italian pasta recipe. There is a creamy version that makes my mouth water!

Warm Winter's bounty of vegetable pasta recipes:

Amazing Artichokes & Asparagus
Lovely Broccoli
Crunchy Cauliflower
Colorful Carrots
Rich Mushrooms
Tasty Squash
Full Flavored Potatoes
Refreshing Watercress

Let's not forget Garlic

Winter Vegetables are bold, hearty and warm in texture. It's like Mother nature knows what's going to comfort us in the colder Winter months.

Artichokes, grown more in the South of Italy bring unique flavor and design to any of your vegetable pasta recipes, naturally. When I lived in Rome I made an Artichoke pasta with a light white wine sauce and centered with a generous helping of freshly made ricotta cheese.

Eggplant or Melanzane pasta sauce, Cauliflower with raisins served with Rigatoni or a Porcini Mushroom cream sauce over Tagliatelli. These are just a few of the joys of eating Winter Vegetables.