Ali Cooks: Vegetable Pasta Skillet

I am RAGING.

I've seriously put off blogging for quite awhile now.  (About a week, but still...)  I think I finally figured out WHY I've been procrastinating...which is so unlike me in the first place!

It's the blogging process.  The internet connection or Blogger or my laptop or SOMETHING is causing this whole uploading photos thing to take FOREVER.  And my patience are already thin, so the wait takes all the fun out of it.  Nevermind the fact that typically one browser or another gets stalled and must be rebooted anyway.

Dumb.

But hey, here's a pasta skillet recipe that's super-fun to make in your cast iron skillet.  Probably way more of an appropriate dish to make in the summertime when everything is fresh...but whatever!

Also, I love eating fresh corn.  It pretty much makes the dish (plus the tomatoes, of course).  Get creative with the herbs and spices and see how easy peasy this dish can be.

Vegetable Pasta Skillet 

*Adapted from OnSugarMountain.com

Ingredients:

2 Tbs olive oil

Green onion, chopped

1 cup cherry tomatoes

1 large zucchini, chopped

2 ears of corn, cut from the cobs

2 cups pasta

1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

4 Tbs butter

Spices/herbs

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and bring a pot of water to a boil for the pasta.  Boil pasta according to package directions and set aside until ready to use.

While the pasta is cooking, brown the butter.  the Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat.  Once it’s melted, continue cooking while whisking/stirring constantly.  The butter will foam and then turn a rich brown color.  As soon as it browns, remove it from the heat and set aside until ready to use.

In a large oven-safe skillet, heat the oil over
medium heat.  Add the green onion, tomatoes, zucchini, and corn and stir to coat everything in oil.  Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and herbs/spices, and cook for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the veggies have softened.

Once the vegetables are cooked, stir in the pasta, followed by the brown butter and half the shredded cheese. Top the pasta mixture with the rest of the cheese.  Then bake the pasta in the oven at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.