Pasta Nests With Mediterranean Veggies This Mediterranean Pasta Salad recipe is easy to make and tossed with a yummy lemon-herb vinaigrette. Now that the weather's warming up, it's high So for something new this year, I thought I'd try a simple Mediterranean twist on the classic pasta salad, chocked full of fresh veggies and olives. Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta. "I created this fast-to-fix recipe to use up excess zucchini from our garden, and at the same time, serve a pasta dish that was lower in calories," relates Jan Clark of New Florence, Missouri about her prize-winning recipe.

Ingredients of Pasta Nests With Mediterranean Veggies

  1. You need 250 grams of Wholewheat Spaghetti.
  2. You need 2 of Eggs.
  3. It's 200 ml of low-fat milk.
  4. Prepare 50 grams of grated low-fat cheddar cheese.
  5. It's 1 of as needed salt & pepper.
  6. Prepare 1 of red bell pepper.
  7. You need 1 small of zucchino.
  8. You need 1 small of onion.
  9. Prepare 1 of as needed chili flakes (or powder).
  10. It's 2 tbsp of olive oil (and a bit for the muffin tan).
  11. Prepare 1 of glove of garlic.
  12. You need 1 1/4 cup of dry red wine.
  13. It's 1 tsp of stevia or sugar (or any other granulated sweetener of choice).
  14. Prepare 1 can of chopped tomatos.
  15. Prepare 1 of as needed oregano.
  16. You need 1 of as needed herbs & spicery of choice.

Pasta Nests With Mediterranean Veggies step by step

  1. Cook spaghetti as described on the package.
  2. Cut the veggies into small dice (zucchino/bell pepper) - put some oil into a pan - cook the veggies for about 3 minutes - remove from pan and let cool.
  3. Whisk the eggs and milk together - season with salt & pepper.
  4. Grease the 12 wholes of a muffin pan with a bit olive oil - pre-heat oven (200C or 400F).
  5. Spread egg-milk over the spaghetti nests - put some cheese on every nest.
  6. Combine the cooked spaghetti with half of the vegetables and put them into the muffin pan (it's easier if you rollup the spaghetti as if you'd eat them - then put the spaghetti role into the muffin whole and then add the veggies if they fell off).
  7. Put your nests into the oven for 25-30 minutes (until golden brown).
  8. While nests are in the oven - cook some lovely sauce.
  9. Chop onion into small dice - press garlic through a press.
  10. Add olive oil into a pot - cook onion and garlic until glazed.
  11. Add wine and seasoning (chili/salt/pepper/oregano/herbs of choice) - let bowl down (so that the alcohol disappears).
  12. Add tomato dice and sweetener of choice - cook on low heat for about 5 minutes.
  13. When the nests are golden brown - they're finished - you can have them as a lovely main meal just with the tomato sauce or as side dish to chicken or a nice fish.

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