7 Minutes 'til Heaven

I make this pasta dish when I don't have a ton of time to devote to dinner. It's cheap and it's packed with yummy veggies. You can also add in grilled, poached, or sauteed shrimp or chicken if you want some added protein or to make it a more filling dish.  I call it "Mediterranean Pasta" and it literally takes less than 10 minutes to prepare:

Mediterranean Pasta

Ingredients

• Pasta - I like to use Fettuccine, Linguine, or Pappardelle, but you can really use any kind.
• 2-3 sun dried tomatoes chopped fine
• 1 medium sized fresh tomato chopped
• 1 shallot or 1/4 onion chopped
• 1 Tbs fresh dill chopped and 1 tsp fresh dill chopped
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 1 can of artichoke hearts chopped
• 1 package crumbled feta
• Olive oil
• 2 Tbs butter
• Salt

Directions

1. Bring water to a boil and cook pasta to package instructions (make sure you salt water a lot)

2. In a large saute pan add about a Tbs of olive oil and a Tbs of butter over medium heat. Place shallots/onions, 1 Tbs fresh chopped dill, and the sun dried tomatoes to the oil/butter. Let simmer for about 2 minutes. Add artichokes and lemon zest.

3. When pasta is finished, drain but do not rinse. Place pasta back into hot pot. Add a Tbs of butter, a Tbs of olive oil, and a sprinkling of salt. Mix to coat pasta then add the tsp of dill and the crumbled feta. Mix into pasta evenly then add the fresh tomatoes and the contents from the saute pan. Mix all together then add shrimp, chicken, crushed red pepper, or any other optional ingredients.