No need to make a flour-based sauce for this creamy dish—the cream cheese does all the work for you (substitute plain cream cheese if jalapeño is too spicy). Edamame (soy beans) add an extra dose of protein and fiber.
Ingredients
- 12 oz bow-tie pasta
- 1 cup frozen shelled edamame beans
- cooking spray
- ½ cup green onions, chopped
- ½ cup red bell pepper, diced
- 4 oz jalapeño cream cheese
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup grated mozzarella or cheddar
- 1 cup ham, diced
Steps
- In a large pot of salted water, cook pasta according to package directions. Add edamame for last 2 min. of cooking time. Drain, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid, and set aside in a large bowl.
- While pasta is cooking, spray a skillet with cooking spray. Reserve 2 tbsp chopped onion for garnish, add remaining onions with diced pepper to pan and cook until softened, about 2 min. Lower heat and whisk in cream cheese and milk, stirring until smooth and creamy. Remove from heat and stir in grated cheese and ham.
- Pour sauce over drained pasta and edamame and toss well. Add reserved pasta water if sauce is too thick. Sprinkle with reserved green onions and serve.
Tips
Use gluten-free pasta to make this dish completely gluten-free.
Tags
- Budget Friendly
- $10 Meals
- August September 2015
Nutrition information
- Calories 411kcal 21%
- Fat 14.1g 22%
- Saturated fat 6.7g 34%
- Carbs 49.5g 17%
- Sodium 635mg 26%
- 5.4g sugar
- 3.7g fiber
- 21.0g protein
- 51mg cholesterol
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