Veggie Pasta Primavera

photo by:kraft

You don’t have to tell anyone that this sauce-alicious pasta dish is better for you. With fresh spinach and peppers in a creamy cheese sauce, they won’t believe you anyway.

time

prep:

30 min

total:

30 min

servings

total:

8 servings

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What You Need

lb. whole wheat linguine, uncooked

pkg. (10 oz.) baby spinach leaves

red pepper, thinly sliced

yellow pepper, thinly sliced

jar (8 oz.) sliced mushrooms, drained

tub (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Garden Vegetable 1/3 Less Fat than Cream Cheese

1/2

cup milk

Tbsp. finely chopped fresh basil

1/4

cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese

Make It

COOK pasta in large saucepan as directed on package, adding spinach, peppers and mushrooms for the last 5 min. Drain in colander.

MEANWHILE, cook cream cheese and milk in same saucepan on low heat until cream cheese is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring frequently.

RETURN pasta mixture to pan. Add basil; mix lightly. Sprinkle with Parmesan.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Substitute

Prepare using 2 tsp. dried basil leaves.

Substitute

Prepare using fettuccine.

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s22michelle1

posted:3/19/2008

I am planning on making this recipe soon so I was reading other ratings. I just wanted to suggest reserving a ladle or two of the pasta cooking water to add to the sauce mixutre to prevent the dryness people talked about. The cooking water will thin the sauce and make the whole dish easier to mix together.

doveDM

posted:1/3/2008

I agree. This recipe is dry and bland. Next time I will add more seasonings and double the sauce. My husband liked it. It as very easy to make.

hmlawton

posted:8/24/2007

I wanted to take this recipe for a potluck at work so I made it for my family first. It was very good, although we thought it was a bit dry. When I made it for my work I doubled the sauce mixture and it was much better. I could use an idea on how to keep the spinach from melding into one big spinach ball. Very tasty recipe.

sharpeipup

posted:6/10/2007

After mixing the two, give it a little time for the sauce to properly set...mine was a bit runny. Otherwise, it is quite delicious & such a nice change of pace from heavier & meat ladden pastas.

dewdrop222

posted:1/9/2007

Super Easy and very tasty!

LuckyMick

posted:10/18/2006

Sounds delicious and easy

RoselynDeath

posted:9/6/2006

nice mix and easy

a cook

posted:3/26/2006

It was a little bland. Next time I would add more spices and use less pasta.

jlroetteis

posted:2/28/2006

This was pretty good, but too much pasta for the small amount of sauce. I would cut everything but sauce in 1/2 b/c it does make a lot of servings. Also, past mixture became very dry and was hard to toss in the sauce. I would probably add more seasonings. That dip alone is excellent on crackers/veggies but turns bland when combined with milk and this amount of food.

wawa82g

posted:1/16/2006

Wasn't that flavorfull and unfortunately I had tons of the stuff so I had to eat it for days.