Category Archives: Vegetable

Vegetable Pasta with 5 Ingredient Stir-fry Sauce

Vegetable Pasta with 5 Ingredient Stir-fry Sauce

Try this quick 5 ingredient veggie stir-fry sauce!

This stir-fry sauce makes seasoning fresh sauteed vegetables and penne lentil pasta so easy… and completely delicious! It’s versatile, too. It can be used with most any vegetables you like.

Broccolli Pasta with 5 Ingredient Stir-fry Sauce
 
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An easy stir fry sauce that complements pasta and veggies!
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Recipe type: sauce
Serves:: 4-6
Ingredients:
  • ½ C Cold water
  • ¼ C Tamari, or low sodium soy sauce
  • 1 T Agave nectar, or other sweetener
  • 1 T Cornstarch
  • 1 t Minced fresh ginger
  • 2 C uncooked pasta, lentil or chickpea are desirable (8oz)
  • 5 C chopped, trimmed, bite-sized vegetables, (i used asparagus, zoodled butternut squash, and brocolli)
  • 2 T Olive oil
Directions:
  1. Boil pasta in a large pot of salted water as per package instructions.
  2. wash, trim and chop vegetables.
  3. Combine stir-fry sauce ingredients.
  4. Set aside.
  5. Drain pasta and set aside.
  6. In a large skillet, warm olive oil and lightly saute vegetables.
  7. Add cooked pasta to skillet and stir.
  8. Pour in stir-fry sauce and cook, stirring about 2 minutes longer.
  9. mixture is ready when sauce has thickened slightly and vegetables are just fork tender.
  10. Serve hot.

 

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