Name: Pasta Caprese
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 21 min
Ingredients: 8 oz whole-wheat thin spaghetti; 1 tbsp olive oil; 4 large tomatoes (rinsed, cored, and cubed); 1/4 C fresh basil leaves (rinsed, dried, and cut into ?-inch wide slivers); 3 oz part-skim mozzarella cheese (chunk package, cubed); 8 pitted black olives (cut into long slivers)

Pasta Caprese

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 6

Total Time 21

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Servings

Ingredients

8 oz whole-wheat thin spaghetti
1 tbsp olive oil
4 large tomatoes rinsed, cored, and cubed
1/4 C fresh basil leaves rinsed, dried, and cut into ?-inch wide slivers
3 oz part-skim mozzarella cheese chunk package, cubed
8 pitted black olives cut into long slivers

Instructions

Preparation

1 In a 4-quart saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil over high heat.2 Add spaghetti, and cook according to package directions for the shortest recommended time, about 6 minutes. (Whole-wheat pasta tends to fall apart if overcooked.) 3 Reserve 1 cup of the cooking water and set aside. Drain spaghetti. 4 Add the spaghetti back into the pasta pot. Toss with olive oil and just enough reserved water to coat well. 5 Add the tomatoes, basil, mozzarella, and olives. Toss gently until well mixed.6 Divide pasta evenly among four dinner plates (about 2¼ cups each). Serve immediately.
Source: NHLBI