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From My Garden – Tuscan Pasta Primavera

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From My Garden – Tuscan Pasta Primavera 
Bring Tuscany to your Table
It seems we have skipped spring this year and are experiencing summertime already here in Florida. It is a little hot but my garden is loving it. We’ve already had tomatoes and green peppers and they have so many new blooms.
This year we had a couple of volunteers; we weren’t sure what they were until recently. It seems we have a big beautiful tomato plant and a zucchini.
We also have corn we just planted (I’ll have a post coming on that soon), collard greens, kale, and so much more. We’ll be picking food all summer long.
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It is so much fun to go outside with a basket and pick delicious fresh foods.  You never know what is ready to be eaten but it can make planning dinner …. interesting.
That is why Pasta Primavera is one of my favorite dishes to make from the garden. I can use whatever is ready or whatever produce I got a good deal on at the grocery store or farmers’ market.
It is incredibly easy to make and can feed a big, healthy family.
We like our Tuscan pasta primavera made with Bertolli® Alfredo sauce because quality is important to us. 
Bertolli® is made with real cream and cheese!
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 This dish is so colorful! I got a great deal on mushrooms and added some things from the garden that were ready. We had bell pepper, tomato, surinam cherries, garlic, and we had harvested onions this winter.

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I sauté them by layers. I let the olive oil heat up a bit then add the onion and garlic. Once you can really smell it I add the peppers and cook them down before adding the mushroom. When it has cooked down a little, I add the tomato and cherries last. (You don’t have to add the surinam cherries, I had some growing and wanted to use them up.)

You can use ANY vegetables you have on hand! I will be making this again as soon as my zucchini is ready.

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 Cook it all together for a bit. Usually 5 or 10 minutes depending on what vegetables you have. It will smell sooooo good!!! Once the vegetables are ready, add your creamy Bertolli Alfredo sauce.

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I usually add about half of the jar because I like mine chunky but if you use the entire thing it goes farther with the pasta. Especially helpful if you have a large family that loves Italian food!

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Isn’t this beautiful? It smelled so good and of course was delicious! Bertolli is celebrating 150 years of bringing Tuscany to your table. With its authentic taste and quality ingredients, Bertolli pasta sauces are a key ingredient in homemade dishes.

Viva Bertolli and join me in celebrating 150 years of delicious Italian food, friends and family. Felice Anniversario and Buono Appetito!

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Comments

68 responses to “From My Garden – Tuscan Pasta Primavera”

  1. lisa blanco Avatar

    This sounds really good. My 8 year old son is working on starting our garden and has already grown tomatoes and green beans. We love being outside

  2. Michele Avatar

    Although I do not have a garden I do so appreciate veggies–all kinds of veggies and pasta is something I male all the time–it is so quick and easy and filling. I do love Bertolli sauces–not so much Alfredo (I just don’t like any Alfredo sauces) but I love their tomato varieties. No reason not to use a red sauce instead of the white one in this recipe that I can see!

    1. Time4mommy Avatar
      Time4mommy

      exactly! We have to do the white because my husband can’t do the red although fresh tomatoes are fine.

  3. Linda Kinsman Avatar

    I love everything about this recipe! From your use of your own fresh herbs to your choice of sauces. Yummy!

  4. Rhianna Avatar

    I can’t get over how you’re harvesting edibles already and we’re just beginning planting up here. lol So jealous! But this looks delicious and if I’m lucky I could replicate it in August. 😉

    1. Time4mommy Avatar
      Time4mommy

      You can use whatever is on sale in the produce section. When August comes around I will be sweating to death wishing I was where you are 😉

  5. Rebecca Swenor Avatar
    Rebecca Swenor

    This looks really really good. Yummy!! I have never heard of surinam cherries before they look interesting indeed. I am going to have to make this for sure. Thanks for sharing.

  6. Robin Rue ( Avatar
    Robin Rue (

    That sounds awesome. My husband and I would LOVE that for dinner.

  7. Melissa Roy Avatar

    This is so easy and sounds delicious! I am jealous you can go out back and pick your own fresh foods to feed your family. A vegetable garden is definitely on my “must-have” list for our next home!

  8. Dawn Avatar

    That looks delicious! I really want a garden so we can make dishes like this with ingredients that we grew!

  9. Jennifer Avatar

    That looks amazing! I’m super impressed that you got most of your ingredients from your garden.

  10. Jenna Wood Avatar
    Jenna Wood

    I bet it tastes even better knowing you grew most of the ingredients! This looks like a very refreshing Spring or Summer meal!

  11. Amber Edwards Avatar

    Oh now I want pasta tonight! That looks absolutely delicious! And I’m already a huge fan of Bertolli! yet another reason to pick up another bottle at the store!

  12. Amy Desrosiers Avatar

    This meal looks so darn tasty! I have never tried surinam cherries before!

  13. Stefany Avatar

    There is something so fulfilling about using food you have grown. This meal sounds amazing and I can’t wait to give it a try, even if I have to buy some of the ingredients!

  14. Ann Bacciaglia Avatar
    Ann Bacciaglia

    This looks like such a delicious dish. I will have to try this recipe on the weekend. I am sure the kids will love it.

  15. Shauna Avatar
    Shauna

    I love, love, love this. Back in MD we used to grow everything and wish we could do the same here in Texas. This sounds like a great recipe. Very delicious looking.

  16. Tess Avatar

    What an awesome dish. I can’t wait to try it.

  17. Liz Mays Avatar

    Garden fresh green peppers sound so good! I wish I had some of that pasta!

  18. Josie - Eat Thrive Glow Avatar

    This looks so creamy and delicious! Love pasta primavera 🙂

  19. Sarah Avatar

    This looks AMAZING! I’m a pasta fanatic, so this is right up my alley!

  20. Marina John Avatar

    This looks really yummy! What a creative combination. So fancy! I would totally serve this when we have guest.

  21. jenny temcio Avatar

    I sure wish I had your fresh garden foods! But I am still going to make this recipe because it looks amazing. I love Bertolli sauces!

  22. Debi- Travel Blogger Avatar

    That looks amzing. I can not wait for veggies to start popping up in my garden.

  23. Lauren Elise Avatar
    Lauren Elise

    OMG I need to make this today! It looks amazing!!!

  24. Rosie Avatar
    Rosie

    this sure packs a wallop! so easy and so pretty, and delish! I envy your gardens are so flush already, ppl are starting to put in their seeds. This is the first time I’ve seen or heard of surinam cherries – so cool!

  25. Elizabeth Avatar
    Elizabeth

    This recipe looks beautiful and sounds so delicious! Your garden sounds wonderful; I remember when I was able to have one…then the squirrels took over. I really miss homegrown tomatoes! This TUSCAN PASTA PRIMAVERA will be, what’s for dinner real soon. Thanks for the recipe!

  26. Carol L Avatar
    Carol L

    How wonderful that you go outside and pick your dinner. 🙂 I wish we had the space. It looks and sounds deliciou. Very colorful. Thanks for sharing.
    Carol L

  27. Autumn Avatar

    That recipe looks delicious! I will have to try it out!

  28. susana Avatar
    susana

    Just by looking at the picture m mouth is watering. Really enjoy the easy to go recipes, since I dont always have the time to spend hours in the kitchen. This one is perfect, thanks for the great recipe. And btw, you have a beautiful garden!!!

    1. Time4mommy Avatar
      Time4mommy

      Thank you!

  29. Ashley C Avatar
    Ashley C

    This sounds delicious! I may have to try this, I think even my picky DH would eat it.

  30. Debbie Welchert Avatar
    Debbie Welchert

    I have never tried Bertolli sauces before and would love to. This recipe looks so wonderful and I know my family would love it.

  31. Susan Smith Avatar
    Susan Smith

    This looks really really good and so easy to make. Even my children would eat this.

  32. laurie damrose Avatar
    laurie damrose

    I can’t wait to start my garden!

  33. amanda roach Avatar
    amanda roach

    this looks really good and that is my fav sauce of all time.

  34. Dianna Davis Avatar
    Dianna Davis

    Oh my gosh==yummmmmm– this is one our family’s favorite sauces, and shamefully we are a big pasta eating family– thanks for sharing a great recipe

  35. Jo-Ann Brightman Avatar
    Jo-Ann Brightman

    THis both sounds and looks delicious. I love using fresh ingredients when I cook. Bertoli makes good products.

  36. Mary v Avatar
    Mary v

    I have never seen Surinam cherries, I had to look them up. It’s great you’ve been able to reap such a harvest. I’ve had difficulty adjusting to gardening in Florida.

    1. Time4mommy Avatar
      Time4mommy

      I had to learn that you can’t grow everything here. You have to grow what grows. You have to water a lot and to feed the soil.

  37. Christine Oh Avatar
    Christine Oh

    This looks so healthy!

  38. Jo-Ann Brightman Avatar
    Jo-Ann Brightman

    ALl These fresh ingredients look delicious , but I am not familiar with the Surinam cherries

  39. Christy Caldwell Avatar
    Christy Caldwell

    I just love Bertolli Alfredo sauce so do my boys. We will be trying this recipe very soon.

  40. mycraftingworld Avatar
    mycraftingworld

    This looks so good. I love cold dishes like that in the summer. I wish I had that much luck with my garden. It is still early yet but the plants just don’t look strong and healthy like yours do.

  41. Kamla L. Avatar
    Kamla L.

    Bertolli is my favorite brand when it comes to jarred pasta sauces. I love how quick and easy this recipe is plus it’s a great way to get more veggies into my family.

  42. David Fultner Avatar
    David Fultner

    This will bring my crew a-runnin.

  43. Jo-Ann Brightman Avatar
    Jo-Ann Brightman

    I also love how colorful this pasta dish looks – with the reds and greens.

  44. mycraftingworld Avatar
    mycraftingworld

    This is a great way for children to eat more vegetables. I let them help make it. Thanks for the idea.

  45. Jo-Ann Brightman Avatar
    Jo-Ann Brightman

    I love to,use fresh vegetables in a pasta dish like this one.

  46. Jo-Ann Brightman Avatar
    Jo-Ann Brightman

    I am going to try this healthy pasta recipe soon.

  47. mycraftingworld Avatar
    mycraftingworld

    This kept looking so good I went to the store and got the Bertolli sauce. The family loved it. It is such a great warm weather dish.

  48. Natalie Avatar
    Natalie

    Bertolli is one of my favorite brands of pasta sauce!

  49. Jo-Ann Brightman Avatar
    Jo-Ann Brightman

    It makes such a big difference to both the taste and the healthfulness of the pasta when you cad add fresh ingredients to the recipe.

  50. Rosie Avatar
    Rosie

    You really have a knack for putting together a great dish that isn’t overwhelmingly complicated or expensive – super yum!

  51. mycraftingworld Avatar
    mycraftingworld

    This has inspired me to make more cold salads and dishes for the summer. The possibilities are endless. Thank you.

  52. amanda roach Avatar
    amanda roach

    that is my fav pasta sauce i use half red and half white.

  53. Dorothy Teel Avatar
    Dorothy Teel

    YUMMY Yummy this sounds delicious, I would love to go out and pick fresh veggies for my sauces, but your alfredo sauce looks wonderful, I have never heard of surinam cherries, but they are interesting to look at will have to look them up, thank you for sharing another wonderful Bertolli recipe,

  54. amanda roach Avatar
    amanda roach

    love to dip my bread sticks in this too` recipe looks good.

  55. amanda roach Avatar
    amanda roach

    i love this sauce on my veggies

  56. Dorothy Teel Avatar
    Dorothy Teel

    How wonderful this appears, you can also add some Bertolli spaghetti sauce to the alfredo sauce and it makes a pink sauce that my grandson loves, and it lessens the tomato taste for those with sensitive stomach, I can eat Bertolli anyway and all styles.

  57. amanda roach Avatar
    amanda roach

    great for breadstick dipping too

  58. Sarah L Avatar
    Sarah L

    Lovely dish. I never heard of surinam cherries before.

  59. Rebecca Kellerman Avatar
    Rebecca Kellerman

    This pasta looks so yummy! I love veggies and cream sauce. Thanks for sharing!

  60. Julie Wood Avatar
    Julie Wood

    Bertolli makes the best white sauce in a jar, and your healthy fresh Tuscan Pasta primavera looks so delicious and I want to make this recipe!

  61. Sarah L Avatar
    Sarah L

    I’ll put in some fresh dill from my garden.

  62. BILL HOFF Avatar
    BILL HOFF

    We are always looking for different ways to prepate dinners on our Italian nights!

  63. Kathleen Kelly Avatar

    Num…this looks really good, I will be making this one. Bertoli is a good pasta sauce! Thank you!

  64. Elena Avatar
    Elena

    Looks delicious! Thank you for the recipe

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