Pesto ricotta pasta sauce

4 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
10ouncesFrozen green peas
1cupNonfat ricotta cheese
¼cupRefrigerated pesto sauce (from a tub)
7ouncesJar roasted red peppers; cut in thin strips

Directions

Cook 12 ounces pasta per directions with stirring frozen peas into the pasta water when adding pasta.

Mix ricotta cheese, pesto sauce and peppers.

Before draining pasta, scoop out ¼ cup of the pasta cooking water.

After draining, return pasta to pot along with reserved water. Add sauce, and toss.

Per serving: 515 cal, 24 g pro, 80 g car, 9 g fat, 2 mg chol, 370 mg sodium.

Prep: 5 min Cook: 8 min Cost per serving: $1.21 Source: Woman's Day 9/1/95 Typos by Elizabeth Wood 8/95.

Submitted By ELIZABETH WOOD On 08-18-95