Getting your kids to eat their vegetables is one of the hardest parts of parenthood — especially during the delightful junk food-loving teen years. (Hey, we still struggle with it sometimes as adults!) But Ree Drummond, aka, The Pioneer Woman, has a pasta recipe that might be the solution to all your problems — or at least this one. She just shared a veggie-packed one-pan dinner that even teenagers will devour!
Drummond walked viewers through her Pasta with Pancetta and Corn recipe on Food Network’s YouTube Channel. The recipe, which she calls “out-of-this-world good,” calls for fresh corn kernels, fresno chilis, and more ingredients to be placed in a large skillet. She stirs this as it cooks for a few minutes, then adds white wine to “set the stage for this incredible sauce that the pasta has.” Is your mouth watering yet?
While this is simmering, Drummond has been boiling orecchiette, the ear-shaped pasta. Of course, other types of noodles will work, Drummond just likes this kind because the shape helps “capture” the sauce and makes each bite more flavorful.
At this point in the recipe, Drummond pours the cooked pasta into the skillet and adds Swiss chard for even more greenery. She also added a cream mixture that she had previously whipped together out of four ingredients to make the pasta even creamier “and magical,” according to Drummond. From there, she adds chopped pancetta (or you can do bacon bits) and a few more things as she keeps stirring.
When she ladles the finished pasta into bowls, it’s full of vegetables, creamy sauce, and delicious noodles with steam rising up from the warm plates. It looks absolutely delightful — and her husband Ladd and their daughter Paige, 25, seem ecstatic to dive into this amazing meal during a guest appearance on the episode. We don’t blame them one bit!
Commenters praised Drummond’s dish. “That looks great! That pasta, a salad, some bread, yum!” one person wrote. Another commented, “Looks delicious! 1 will definitely make this.”
Even if your kids don’t love this dinner (and we’re pretty sure they will), this pasta dish is so cozy and delicious for fall that you’ll be happy you made it either way!
Get Drummond’s full Pasta with Pancetta and Corn recipe online HERE.
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