Garlic Butter Asparagus Pasta

Garlic Butter Asparagus Pasta – Orzo Pasta and fresh Asparagus tossed in a garlic butter sauce and parmesan cheese. It’s a 20-minute, garlicky and cheesy pasta dinner!

And so it begins! Spring recipes ALL the things!

Buuuuut, if I am going to be perfectly honest, this “spring weather” is still beggin’ for Minestrone Soup and Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake.

So, Hellooooh, friends! How are you?? Spring Break is next week for us and we have ZERO plans. Staycationing is the way to go. All the cool kids are doing it!
Besides, our planned one-month summer break in Macedonia should make up for it. Can’t WAIT!

Also in the good-news bucket, THIS recipe! 6 INGREDIENTS 20 MINUTES = 1-0 for us!

Garlic Butter is the sauce of Gods. It has to be. Just look at that layer of golden orzo and beautiful asparagus covered in said buttery amazingness… music to my tummy.

This is one of those meals that forces me to go back and steal just one more bite (make that TEN) while I’m packing it up to put away in the fridge. Or worse? Packing it up into my husband’s lunch container! That means I’ll never see it again! Or at least not until I make it again… which will be tomorrow.

IF your Friday night plans included pizza and a movie, scratch that. No, not the movie! Just the pizza. Trust me, the Garlic Butter Asparagus Pasta comes together WAY quicker than any pizza ever could. EVEN the frozen kind. Yep, faster than delivery, too!

Come awn, git ‘er done!

ENJOY!

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Garlic Butter Asparagus Pasta
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Prep time 5 mins
Cook time 15 mins
Total time 20 mins
Orzo Pasta and fresh Asparagus tossed in a garlic butter sauce and parmesan cheese.
Author: Katerina Recipe type: Dinner Cuisine: Italian Serves: Serves 4
Ingredients

• 1 cup dry orzo
• 1-pound fresh asparagus, tips only (cut the asparagus about 2 to 3-inches from the top)
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• ¼-cup shredded parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons skim milk
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
• salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
• shredded parmesan cheese for garnish, optional

Instructions

1. Prepare orzo according to the directions on the package.
2. Add the asparagus tips to the orzo the last 2-minutes of cooking.
3. Remove from heat and drain.

In the meantime prepare the garlic-butter sauce.

1. Add butter to a skillet and melt over medium heat.
2. Stir in garlic and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, or until lightly browned, stirring very frequently. Do not burn the garlic.
3. Add orzo and asparagus to the skillet; stir in the cheese, milk, parsley, salt and pepper.
4. Cook for 1 minute, or until heated through.
5. Remove from heat.
6. Garnish with parmesan cheese.
7. Serve.

Nutrition Information Serving size: About 1 cup Calories: 335 Fat: 15.5 Carbohydrates: 37.9 Sugar: 4.8 Sodium: 221 mg Fiber: 4.0 Protein: 12.9
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