quick and easy meals for 1 or 2

Pasta primavera for 1 or 2

These amounts are enough for 2 servings if it’s just you tonight save the leftovers for another “just heat it up” meal

Put about a quart (4 cups) of water with a dash of salt on to boil.

1/3 to ½ lb of pasta
¾ cup olive oil
2 small or 1 large clove of garlic
½ small onion sliced up
1 medium sized carrot
½ bell pepper
small zucchini
1 tsp dried basil
salt and pepper to taste
1 plum tomato
I’d say the onions and garlic are the only ones I wouldn’t leave out. After those basics it’s up to you what veggies you might like.


Peel, chop or slice the veggies.

The water should be boiling by now, add the pasta and stir ‘til you see it’s not going to stick together or to the bottom. Turn down the heat a little and watch it as it cooks. Stir every minute or two. It might want to boil over. If it looks that way, just pull it away from the heat for a couple of seconds and lower the heat a little more

Heat up a frying pan with a med flame. When hot to the touch add the olive oil. When hot lower to med low and add the hard veggies i.e. carrots and or broccoli if your using it. When they start to get a just little soft add everything else but the tomato save it for just before you add the pasta. Toss the veggies every minute or two.
When the pasta is softened but just short of being al dente, which means firm but servable, drain and add to the pan with the veggies toss once or twice as you finish cooking the pasta to your desired degree of softness.

Optional: squeeze a little lemon juice and/or add a dash of white wine for the last toss.

SERVE IT UP!!!! with some Italian bread and some olive oil for dipping and some of that white wine.