One Pot Pasta With Peas, is an easy pasta primavera recipe bursting with the flavors of springtime vegetables. Pasta cooks together in one pot with sugar snap peas, asparagus, leeks and seasonings, forming a light buttery broth-like sauce. Perfect for a springtime dinner!
Pasta Primavera Recipe
Leeks, asparagus and peas, snow peas to be exact, are classic spring vegetables and I love seeing them appear at the farmers market. Pasta With Peas and spring vegetables is a sure sign that winter is finally behind us.
Yes, spring is officially here. Finally! Welcome spring, you’ve been missed dearly!
I just won't mention that we actually had snow last week and a frost the other night. We just won't talk about it and pretend that it didn't happen!
But the forecast for tomorrow is 75 degrees and sunny, go figure!
So let's celebrate spring's arrival by cooking up some pasta filled with the flavors of an abundance of springtime vegetables.
As the pasta cooks, so do the vegetables and seasonings, forming a light buttery brothy sauce.
A skillet pasta, when the pasta and all the other ingredients cook together in the same skillet, is one of my favorite ways to cook.
No separate pasta pot is required. Don’t you just love these one pot recipes?
Both delicious and nutritious, pasta with vegetables is bursting with flavor and will make your taste buds dance.
The alcohol in the white wine cooks off adding a delicious flavor to the broth. However, if you would rather not cook with alcohol, simply substitute additional broth for the wine.
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There is a tablespoon of chopped garlic in this recipe and yes, that’s a lot of garlic. However, this adds a lot of delicious savory flavor to the buttery sauce. I’ll admit that sometimes I don’t want to chop all that garlic with my knife and that’s when I love to use my favorite garlic press rocker.
Butter combines with the vegetable broth creating a light and flavorful buttery sauce.
Lemon zest stirred in at the end adds a brightness and Parmesan cheese adds a hint of saltiness and a pop of flavor.
Perfect for springtime! Perfect for Meatless Monday!
I think I’m in love, with spring pea pasta!
And to be certain, this penne primavera isn’t just for spring, it’s perfect for any time!
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How to make peas and pasta recipe
Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below
- In pot with tall sides, preferably a non-stick pot, combine pasta, leeks, water, broth, asparagus, sugar snap peas, butter, wine, garlic, marjoram, kosher salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Boil 10 minutes or until pasta is al dente and a brothy sauce has formed, stirring occasionally.
- Sprinkle with lemon zest and serve with shaved Parmesan cheese.
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- You can make this recipe with your favorite spring vegetables
- Use can use green, white or purple apsaragus
- Boil the pasta and vegetables until the pasta is al dente or longer if you prefer your pasta texture to be more tender
- Make this recipe with just asparagus and leeks for an asparagus pasta primavera
- Feel free to shell the snap peas if you prefer
- After cooking, stir in chopped fresh mint
- Add grape tomatoes
Substitutions
- Substitute grated Parmesan cheese for the shaved Parmesan cheese
- Substitute penne for the whole wheat penne
- Prefer not to use white wine? Just substitute additional vegetable broth for the white wine.
- Chicken broth can be used in place of the vegetable broth
What to serve with pasta primavera with asparagus and peas
- Homemade Bread Without Yeast
- Wedge Salad
- Tomato Cucumber Salad
- Cheesy Garlic Bread from Damn Delicious
Ingredients for pasta with peas
- whole wheat penne pasta
- leek
- vegetable broth
- asparagus
- sugar snap peas
- butter
- white wine
- garlic
- dried marjoram
- kosher salt
- pepper
- lemon zest
- shaved Parmesan cheese
One Pot Recipes
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- One Pot Mexicali Bowtie Pasta is seasoned with salsa, chili powder and cumin, giving it a Mexican flair. Top it with melty cheese and fresh scallion and all you’ll need is cornbread and a salad and you’re all set for a Mexican fiesta!
One Pot Pasta With Peas
Ingredients
- 8 ounces uncooked whole wheat penne pasta
- 1 large leek , white and light green parts only, sliced, 1 1/2 cups
- 3 cups vegetable broth , chicken broth or water
- 8 ounces asparagus , trimmed, cut in 2-inch pieces, 2 cups
- 6 ounces sugar snap peas , 2 cups
- 4 Tbs. butter
- 1/4 cup white wine OR additional vegetable broth
- 1 Tbs. chopped garlic , about 3 large cloves
- 1 tsp. dried marjoram
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1 Tbs. lemon zest
- shaved Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- In pot with tall sides, preferably a non-stick pot, combine pasta, leeks, broth, asparagus, sugar snap peas, butter, wine, garlic, marjoram, kosher salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Boil 10 minutes or until pasta is al dente and a brothy sauce has formed, stirring occasionally.
- Sprinkle with lemon zest and serve with shaved Parmesan cheese.
Notes
- You can make this recipe with your favorite spring vegetables
- Boil the pasta and vegetables until the pasta is al dente or longer if you prefer your pasta texture to be more tender
- Make this recipe with just asparagus and leeks for an asparagus pasta primavera
- Substitute grated Parmesan cheese for the shaved Parmesan cheese
- Substitute penne for the whole wheat penne
- Prefer not to use white wine? Just substitute additional vegetable broth for the white wine.
- Chicken broth can be used in place of the vegetable broth
Nutrition
Directions include watered water. Water is not mentioned in ingredients. How much water or is that a mistake?
Hi Eleanor, thank you for pointing that out to me. It was a typo and I have fixed it. You can use vegetable broth, chicken broth OR water as your liquid. Of course, using broth will give the recipe more flavor but water will also work. Again, thank you so much for bringing that to my attention and thank you for stopping by Swirls! Happy cooking, Gwynn