Dinner

Pasta w/ Vegetable Bean "Sauce" is for Dinner.

Pasta w/ Vegetable Bean "Sauce" takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Pasta w/ Vegetable Bean "Sauce" takes 15 minutes to cook.

Pasta w/ Vegetable Bean "Sauce" makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Pasta w/ Vegetable Bean "Sauce" are:

Whole Wheat Pasta, 3 cups cooked
.25 cups olive oil to sautee
one medium onion, sliced or chopped
1.5 cups bell peppers (I like the frozen red/yellow/green pre-sliced variety off-season)
.5 cup frozen sweet corn
15 oz. kidney beans
2-3 cloves garlic
grated fresh parmesan to taste (I like .25 cups...worth every single gram of fat!),

Here is how you make Pasta w/ Vegetable Bean "Sauce":

Boil water, cook whole wheat pasta to desired tenderness & drain...in this recipe, .75 cups COOKED is used per serving. While water is heating, chop onion, garlic, drain kidney beans - and if you're having fresh peppers, chop these as well.Heat olive oil over medium/low heat, add: onion, peppers. As these start to become tender, add kidney beans, corn and garlic. Continue to heat until heated through, about another 5-10 minutes.Serve "sauce" (1/4 of total made per serving) over pasta, top w/ parmesan (or feta, for a different tasty flavor); makes 4 servings.Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ROBINHB.

The nutritional information for Pasta w/ Vegetable Bean "Sauce" is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 448.3

• Total Fat: 17.1 g
• Cholesterol: 4.9 mg
• Sodium: 123.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 59.8 g
• Dietary Fiber: 6.8 g
• Protein: 16.5 g

The dietary needs meet for Pasta w/ Vegetable Bean "Sauce" is Vegetarian