Ziti With Blue Cheese Sauce
This pasta side dish includes a full serving of vegetables. Blue cheese and sour cream team up for a richly pleasing sauce.
Ingredients
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1 cup packaged dried cut ziti or corkscrew macaroni
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1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
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3 cups loose-pack frozen broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots
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2 tablespoons margarine or butter
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2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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1/8 teaspoon salt
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1/8 teaspoon pepper
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1 cup milk
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1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (2 ounces)
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1/3 cup dairy sour cream
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Crumbled blue cheese (optional)
Directions
1.
In a large saucepan bring 2 quarts water to boiling. Add pasta and, if desired, 1/2 teaspoon salt. Return to boiling; cook for 5 minutes. Add frozen vegetables. Return to boiling; cook for 5 to 7 minutes more or until pasta is tender but slightly firm and vegetables are crisp-tender. Drain pasta and vegetables.
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Meanwhile, for sauce, in a small saucepan melt margarine or butter. Stir in flour, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and pepper. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 1 minute more. Remove from heat. Stir in 1/2 cup blue cheese and the sour cream.
3.
Pour sauce over pasta mixture. Toss to coat. If desired, sprinkle with additional blue cheese. Makes 6 side-dish servings.
Nutrition information
Calories 223, Total Fat 10 g, Saturated Fat 5 g, Cholesterol 16 mg, Sodium 280 mg, Carbohydrate 26 g, Protein 8 g.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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