Pasta With Sweet And Hot Peppers, Beans, Lemon And Olives

If we do not know who God is and how He thinks and what He does, we have no grounds for joy, no reason to celebrate, no basis for finding satisfaction in God. Delight in God cannot occur in an intellectual vacuum. Our joy is the fruit of what we know and believe to be true of God. Emotional heat (i.e., joy, delight, gladness of heart) apart from intellectual light (knowledge of God) is useless. Worse still, it is dangerous, for it inevitably leads to fanaticism and idolatry.

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Eggs, Grains, Dairy	Greek	Eat-lf mail, Heaven, Kitpath, Pasta and s	2	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	oz	Eggless vegetable-flavored
		pasta *
2	c	Low sodium vegetable
		bouillon from pasta
		water
2		Garlic cloves, smashed and
		chopped
1/4	c	Chopped sweet onions
		approximate
1 1/3	c	Red and green bell peppers
		chopped
2	T	Anaheim chili pepper
		roasted and chopped
1	c	White beans, cooked navy
		and/or flageolet
30	g	Greek olives, rinse pit and
		chop about 4 each
1/4	t	Lemon zest, or more
		julienned
1	T	Fresh lemon juice
1/2	t	Cornstarch
		Salt and pepper
		Chopped fresh basil
		optional
1/4	t	Olive oil, optional
		flavoring
3		French rolls
3	t	Crumbled feta cheese, or
		Manouri cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

(*) PASTA: eg. PastaZesta: Spinach and nutmeg flavored fettucini or
other spaghetti. Cook the pasta in a big pot of water and drain,
reserving 2 cups of the cooking liquid. Dissolve 2 teaspoons  vegetable
base (bouillon) in the pasta water.  Heat a wok and add the garlic,
onion, and raw peppers to the dry pan;  add 1/4 cup of the broth and
cook until soft (about 3 minutes). Add  chopped Anaheims (or
jalapenos), cooked beans, chopped olives, lemon  zest to taste and
lemon juice. Add all but 1/4 cup of the broth and  heat through.
Dissolved the cornstarch with the remaining 1/4 cup of  broth and add
to the wok; heat; stir to combine and thicken. Adjust  seasoning with
salt, pepper, small amount of basil and olive oil, as  desired. Add the
cooked pasta to the pan and toss to blend. Serve hot  with crusty bread
or roll, and feta (if desired).  Better than we thought it would be:
the flavors blended. This is a  lowfat variation on recipe p.146 in
Vegetable Heaven.  HALF: 601 cals, 8.4 g fat, 10.5% THIRD: 401 cals,
5.6 g fat, 10.6%  Recipe by: mollie Katzen's Vegetable Heaven (1997)
/patH

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“With Jesus, you can do it”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 818 Calories From Fat: 143 Total Fat: 16.3g Cholesterol: 150.4mg Sodium: 2076.6mg Potassium: 2400.2mg Carbohydrates: 92g Fiber: 22.9g Sugar: 11.9g Protein: 81.6g

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