Pasta With Asparagus And Peas

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 slices bacon (i use sodium reduced)
• 1 lb asparagus, washed and cut into pieces (use mostly the flower part and some stalk, i liked just the tips)
• 1/2 cup green onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 lb shelf stable gnocchi (or pasta if using that)
• 1/2 peas (fresh or frozen, not canned)
• 3 tablespoons fresh grated parmesan cheese (can use shaker style if that's what you have)

Recipe

• 1 in a large frying pan, cook bacon until crisp. remove and drain on paper towel. keep about 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease aside.
• 2 to the pan, with the reserved bacon grease in it, add the asparagus, onions, garlic, salt and pepper stirring until tender-crisp (about 7 minutes).
• 3 meanwhile in a large pot of boiling water, cook gnocchi or pasta according to package directions. add the peas in the last 2 minutes of boiling. drain, keeping 1 cup of the water aside.
• 4 crumble the bacon and add it to the asparagus, add gnocchi along with 1/2 cup of the reserved water. add parmesan and toss to coat. (add a little more of the reserved water if needed).