Pasta With Baby Peas, Tomato And Cream Sauce

If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in the slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.

C.S. Lewis

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Dairy		Main dish, Pasta, Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Shaped pasta, such as
		shells wagon wheels and
		radiatore
1	T	Olive oil
1	T	Unsalted Butter
1/2		Onion, chopped
1		Garlic clove, minced
4		Plum Tomatoes
		stemmed and diced
1 1/4	lb	Fresh baby peas, or 10-ounce
		package frozen baby peas
1/2	c	Light cream
2	T	Chopped fresh basil
		S & P to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

In a large pot of lightly salted boiling water, cook the pasta for  the
time recommended on the package or until the pasta is tender.  While
the pasta cooks, heat the olive oil and butter in a large  skillet over
medium-high heat, add the onion and cook until softened,  about 2
minutes.  Add the tomatoes and garlic, cook for 2 minutes  longer, then
add the peas and cook for an additional 2 minutes.  Stir  in the cream
and cook for another 2 minutes.  Add the basil and salt  and pepper to
taste. Stir to combine the ingredients.  Drain the pasta and toss with
the sauce in a serving bowl.  From The Washington Post (c) The Arizona
Republic (6/5/96)  Hunt and pecked by John Blackwell, Taylorsville,
Utah, U.S.A.,  scooter@xmission.com. Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3
#182  Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 15:52:59 -0700  From: scooter
<scooter@xmission.com>

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 696 Calories From Fat: 127 Total Fat: 14.5g Cholesterol: 27.4mg Sodium: 28.6mg Potassium: 420.2mg Carbohydrates: 118.8g Fiber: 8g Sugar: 5g Protein: 21.2g