Creamy Lemon Thyme Pasta
Recipe: #6167
August 10, 2012
Categories: Side Dishes, Cheese, Sunday Dinner, Diabetic, Vegetarian, Cream Cheese, Vegetarian Dinner, more
"This recipe is one I created with the fresh thyme out of my garden last year. I made Peppermint_Patty's Philly Cream Cheese Sauce recently and decided to post this recipe as it is similar to hers."
Original is 4 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (189.7 g)
- Calories 632.9
- Total Fat - 19.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 7.9 g
- Cholesterol - 31.8 mg
- Sodium - 415.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 93.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 13.2 g
- Sugars - 0.6 g
- Protein - 24.1 g
- Calcium - 544.6 mg
- Iron - 2.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Cook pasta in boiling salted water.
Step 2
Warm cheese, lemon juice and oil in large saucepan over low heat; stirring occasionally.
Step 3
Add fresh thyme and stir; set aside.
Step 4
Drain cooked pasta, reserving 1 cup (or more if needed )cooking water.
Step 5
Stir reserved cooking water into cream cheese mixture.
Step 6
Add pasta and lemon zest, toss to coat adding more cooking water if necessary.
Step 7
Season with salt and pepper if desired; top with a grating of Asiago or Parmesan.
Tips
No special items needed.
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