Curly Pasta with Ham & Peas

I fondly remember the little packages of Green Giant or Bird’s Eye frozen vegetables I used to buy in the U.S.

They came, in a bag, in a box, and nicely served 2 people.

One made a a little slit in the bag, popped it in the micro for a few minutes and the side was ready, complete with a sauce of some sort. The weight, if I remember correctly, was usually 10 or 12 ounces (300 – 350 grams).

Here the frozen veggies come in 1 kilo bags (about 2 lbs) with no sauce. The spinach is in cubes of about an ounce (30gr) each and other vegetables are just loose. It’s easy to grab a cup or 2 to toss into whatever. Sometimes we want a change from what grows in my vegetable garden…..

I always have bags of spinach and peas in the freezer and, sometimes, artichoke bottoms.

Very handy….

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Curly Pasta with Ham & Peas

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Creamy goat cheese makes an easy sauce for this skillet dinner. If you have some left it’s great on toast or crackers!

• Author: Kate
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 25 minutes
• Total Time: 35 minutes
• Category: One Dish Dinners

Ingredients

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• 10oz (300gr) ham, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 medium red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1 1/2 cup (7.5oz, 220gr)  peas, frozen, no sauce
• 1 1/2 cup (12oz, 360ml) chicken broth
• 3oz (90gr) goat cheese, soft, spreadable
• 1 tbs Dijon-style mustard
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1oz (30gr) shredded cheese
• 1 1/4 cup (4oz, 120gr) dry pasta, curly, penne, rigatoni

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Instructions

• Heat oil in large skillet. 
• Add onion and pepper and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. 
• Add ham, paprika and sauté 5 minutes longer. 
• Add chicken broth, thyme, mustard and stir to combine. 
• Add pasta, cover and simmer until pasta is done, about 15 minutes.  Add peas after 10 minutes. 
• When pasta is done, add goat cheese and stir until melted and combined. 
• Sprinkle with cheese and serve.

Notes

The goat cheese I use comes in a small carton, usually about 5oz (150gr) and is called Chavrie or Chevraux.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1/2 recipe
• Calories: 670
• Sugar: 10.8 g
• Sodium: 1380.2 mg
• Fat: 35.2 g
• Saturated Fat: 14.7 g
• Trans Fat: 0.1 g
• Carbohydrates: 24.5 g
• Fiber: 7 g
• Protein: 60.6 g
• Cholesterol: 170.6 mg

Keywords: ham, peas, pasta, cheese sauce

It’s a treat to be eating vegetables that are not from my garden. My winter squash are not finished yet. I have one butternut squash, one red kuri, and more spaghetti squash than I know what to do with

I haven’t told mon mari yet, but I also have several bags of shredded summer squash in the freezer.

He’s been begging for broccoli, cauliflower, anything that is not a squash.

Maybe I should scale back my planting…..