Penne pasta with vegetable ragout

               This is a light and healthy pasta dish the way the italians like it done.Great for lunch boxes beause you can eat it hot or cold and its not drenched in sauce.                                                            

                                         PENNE PASTA WITH VEGETABLE RAGOUT

Ingredients
350 grams of penne pasta or any short pasta
250 grams of button mushrooms
2 large ripe tomatoes
2 medium white onions
2 medium sized zucchini(courgette)
2 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
5Tbsps olive oil
Black pepper and salt to taste

METHOD
1.Cut all the vegetables into small dices.
     














2.Heat the olive oil in a large pan and add the onions to it and fry on low heat till the onions are soft and cooked.Now add the mushrooms and courgettes and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.Add the tomatoes and cook for a further 2 minutes.Make sure you don't over cook the tomatoes.
Now add the chopped parsley,pepper and salt and take it off the heat.

3.Boil your pasta with lots of water and salt.Add one ladle of the water from the pasta to the vegetable ragout.Strain the pasta and add to the ragout .Mix it well and serve with grated Parmesan cheese.