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A quick and easy light pasta dish full of seasonal healthy ingredients, including garlic, onion, zucchini, bell peppers and fresh basil.<\/p>\n

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Savour the bright array of sunny Mediterranean flavours in this vegetarian pasta dish and you\u2019ll be hooked. It\u2019s the kind of dish you know will taste great even before you take the first forkful!<\/p>\n

I absolutely love Mediterranean food and this pasta is no exception. That\u2019s likely because of my Italian background where a Mediterranean diet shaped my taste buds from the beginning. I crave ingredients that are cooked with olive oil (which has a number of health benefits) and lots of quality fresh market vegetables.<\/p>\n

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This pasta dish is full of healthy and simple ingredients like olive oil, onions, garlic, red and yellow bell peppers, zucchini, sun-dried tomatoes and kalamata olives that combine beautifully with tender pasta. Fresh basil plucked from the garden and crumbled feta cheese compliment the dish. That\u2019s a lot of bold flavour packed into one pasta dish!<\/p>\n

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If you want to get dinner on the table quickly, grab the season\u2019s fresh veggies and put together this pasta dish. It\u2019s so simple and appealing and looks like summer in a skillet.\u00a0With its gorgeous bright colours, it\u2019s no wonder this pasta dish has been popular in our family for years. I hope it will become your new favourite weeknight family dinner too!<\/p>\n

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You can use whatever shape pasta you wish for this recipe, but I think bow tie (also known as farfalle) is a perfect choice since some of the feta cheese crumbles get caught in the folds the bow and it looks so pretty. It\u2019s amazing how only 3 cups of pasta (about 300g) can provide up to 6 servings when it\u2019s bulked up with an abundance of fresh veggies. I look at this as a sneaky way to get fewer carbs and more veggies into the family\u2019s diet!<\/p>\n

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If you happen to have any leftovers of this pasta dish, you might be fighting over them for lunch the next day. I advise hiding the leftovers in the back of the fridge so only you know they\u2019re there and only you get to eat them!<\/p>\n

Although this crowd-pleasing pasta dish is thoroughly satisfying as a vegetarian meal on its own, it can be served as a side dish alongside grilled chicken or any other meats.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t<\/g><\/svg><\/span> Author<\/span> Rita Jakobschuk<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t
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