Asparagus and Pasta with Orange and Cashews

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In spite of the orange, this is not a sweet dish. Asparagus and whole wheat pasta are orange flavored and tossed with cashews.

Ease: super quick Type: entree Prep Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 15 minutes Yield: 4 servings

Cook's notes

Instead of grating the zest off of an orange, I get from Sun Organic dried orange zest in powdered form. It saves me a huge amount of time. It works particularly well in this recipe.

Ingredients

10 oz. whole grain pasta
1 1/2 lb. asparagus
1/4 c water
1 T canola or safflower oil
1 T dried or 1 1/2 T fresh orange zest
1/3 c cashews
1/3 c orange juice

Steps

• Prepare pasta according to package instructions.
• Wash and break asparagus into 1" pieces. Discard woody ends.
• In a large sauté pan, cook asparagus in 1/4 c water over medium-high heat for 7 minutes.
• Add oil, zest, cashews and orange juice to asparagus and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes until juice begins to thicken and is heated through. Toss in pasta until it is well coated, heated through and all ingredients are well combined.
• Serve immediately.

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