Yogurt Pesto Pasta
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 onion (6 oz.), chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, sliced
- 1/3 pound mushrooms, rinsed and sliced
- 2/3 cup (3 oz.) chopped cooked ham
- 1 can (15 oz.) tomato sauce
- 1/3 cup (3 oz.) pesto or 2 tablespoons dried basil
- 1 package (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed
- 1 pound dried vermicelli
- 1 pint plain nonfat yogurt
- 4 teaspoons cornstarch
- Salt and pepper
- In a 10- to 12-inch frying pan, combine oil, onion, garlic, and mushrooms. Stir often over high heat until onion is limp, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add ham and stir often until mushrooms are lightly browned, about 5 minutes longer.
- Add tomato sauce and pesto to mushroom mixture. Turn heat down to low.
- Squeeze liquid from spinach. Add spinach to pan and heat until simmering.
- Meanwhile, cook vermicelli in about 3 quarts boiling water until just tender to bite, 7 to 9 minutes. Drain and keep warm.
- Mix yogurt and cornstarch. Stir into sauce, then stir over high heat until bubbling, about 3 minutes.
- Pour sauce over pasta. Mix to blend. Add salt and pepper to taste.
olive oil, onion, garlic, mushrooms, tomato sauce, pesto, vermicelli, nonfat yogurt, cornstarch, salt
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/yogurt-pesto-pasta (may not work)