Creamy Pumpkin & Mushroom Pasta Recipe

Creamy Pumpkin & Mushroom Pasta Recipe

This creamy pumpkin pasta recipe with wild mushrooms is an easy and healthy recipe for any time of the year. An easy pantry-ingredient creamy pumpkin sauce tossed with pasta and topped with sautéed mushrooms, garlic and herbs will give you a filling and delicious 30-minute dinner. Don’t forget the garnish! 🌿

Pumpkin is full of Vitamin A and so many other great nutrients that help with the skin and nails. Did you know the seeds are delicious roasted and are soporific due to a special amino acid they contain? Garlic is great for boosting your immunity and is a natural anti-biotic.

Not to mention all these micronutrients promote satiety! Sometimes when we have empty calories it actually causes us to eat more and still be insatiable.

The Creamy Pumpkin Pasta Recipe:

yield: 2 servings
prep time: 15 MINUTES
cook time: 10 MINUTES
total time: 25 MINUTES

INGREDIENTS

• 8 oz fettuccine
• 1/4 cup ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1.5 cups peeled and diced (½”) pumpkin or butternut squash
• 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 1.5 cups shiitake mushrooms, de-stemmed and thinly sliced
• 1 hot red chili pepper (or to taste), seeds removed
• 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
• 4 tbsb Pecorino Romano, grated
• 1/4 cup pasta water
• Salt to taste (& for the cooking water)
• Pepper to taste

Cook the pasta according to the package directions, but salting the cooking water as if it is the ocean and taking out a minute early.
Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the diced squash and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often. Squash should be lightly golden and soft to the fork. Add in the garlic. Fry up the mushrooms in the same pan until golden brown. Stir and continue frying adding in the seasonings. Combine with the cheese and a tiny bit of pasta water. Save some cheese to sprinkle over the pasta and add some pepper, reserving some garnish to decorate the top.

Wine pairing: Sauvignon Blanc

NUTRITION INFORMATION:

YIELD: 2 SERVING SIZE: 1 bowl
Amount Per Serving: CALORIES: 540

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