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Recipe- Pasta with Roasted Garden Vegetables

Ingredients
3 bell peppers, red, yellow or green, quartered, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch/1-cm strips
2 red onions, cut into 1/2 inch/1-cm chunks2 yellow or zucchini squash, halved lengthwise and cut into 1/2-inch/1-cm slices
1 small eggplant, trimmed and cut into 1-inch/2.5-cm chunks
1/3 cup/80 ml Oil
1 tsp Watkins Garlic Powder
2 tsp/10 ml Watkins Italian Seasoning
1 tsp Parsley
1/2 tsp/2.5 ml Thyme
Salt to taste

To taste Watkins Black Pepper
12 ounces/340 g bow tie or penne pasta, cooked per packaged directions
2 tbsp/30 ml Parmesan cheese

Directions
Preheat oven to 400ºF/205ºC. Spread vegetables in a large roasting pan, add oil; toss to coat. Bake, turning often, until crisp-tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Add seasonings.

Ladle out 1/2 cup/125 ml of the pasta cooking water and reserve; drain pasta. In serving bowl, toss pasta with half the vegetables, cooking liquid and cheese. Spoon remaining vegetables on top. If desired, pass with additional Parmesan cheese.

Makes 4 servings.

Recipe- Vanilla Wafers

Vanilla Wafers
1 tbsp/15 mL all-purpose flour
1/2 cup/125 mL sugar
1/4 cup/60 mL cornstarch
2 tbsp/30 mL margarine or butter, melted
1 egg
2 tsp/10 mL Watkins original baking vanilla
1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Watkins Butter Extract
3/4 cup/180 mL all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Baking Powder
1/8 tsp/0.6 mL saltDirections

Preheat oven to 350ºF/180ºC. Spray two large baking sheets with cooking spray. Sprinkle with 1 tbsp/15 mL flour; set aside. Combine the sugar, cornstarch, margarine and extracts; mix well. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt; mix well. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches/5 cm apart on prepared baking sheets. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from pans and let cool on wire rack.

Makes 3 dozen, 2 per serving.

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