LINGUINI WITH VEGTABLES, ASHTON STYLE #`135

     Linguini is a great pasta for many Italian recipes and this is not an exception.  It is not as heavy as spaghetti and can be combined with everything from seafood to plain marinara sauce.  The following recipe is combining it with vegtables that are identified with everything Italian.  Simple yet a recipe that marries flavors that is fresh as spring.  Primavera is a word that means spring as well as a Botticelli painting.  One does not have to go to Florence to the Ufizzi Museum to think of this time of the year.  I hope you will try it and enjoy what you eat.

INGREDIENTS:
     1/2 cup of vigin olive oil
     1 lb of linguini pasta
     2 medium onions peeled and julliene
        sliced
     1 red pepper julliene cut
     1 green pepper julliene cut
     1 zucchini cut into slices with skin
     4 cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
     1 tab dried basil
     1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper
     1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
DIRECTIONS:
     1. mix all the vegtables together with the garlic
         in a large bowl
     2. add the spices and stir until incorporated
     3. add the half cup of virgin olive oil into a lg fry pan
     4. add all the vegtables and saute 10 to 12 minutes
     5. add the cooked linquini and mix until incorporated
         about 5 minutes
     6. place the vegtables into a large spaghetti bowl
     7. add the Parmesan cheese over the vegtables and serve
     8. should serve 6 to 8 persons