{"id":2994,"date":"2018-07-23T13:10:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T20:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/?p=2994"},"modified":"2018-07-23T13:10:55","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T20:10:55","slug":"simple-summer-pasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/simple-summer-pasta\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple summer pasta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This pasta dish is so simple to make and tastes fabulous when served chilled on a warm summer&#8217;s day. While this recipe may not support a <a href=\"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/what-you-should-know-about-the-ketogenic-diet\/\">ketogenic-style diet<\/a>\u00a0it is deliciously rich in carbohydrates which may aid in <a href=\"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/feed-your-bacteria-well\/\">probiotic colonization<\/a> and support <a href=\"http:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/supplement\/probiotics.html\">gut health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Your choice of pasta (I love whole wheat spaghetti but you can also choose a GF option)<\/li>\n<li>Grape or cherry tomatoes, sliced in half\u00a0lengthwise<\/li>\n<li>Capers<\/li>\n<li>Kalamata olives, pitted and sliced in half lengthwise<\/li>\n<li>Garlic<\/li>\n<li>Chopped fresh parsley<\/li>\n<li>Extra virgin olive oil<\/li>\n<li>Salt &amp; pepper to taste<\/li>\n<li>Lemon zest and juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Directions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Cook pasta according to package directions. Strain, and set aside.<\/li>\n<li>While the pasta is cooking, finely chop garlic (2-4 cloves) and saute for 1-2 minutes in olive oil. Remove from heat and set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Prep olives and tomatoes. Chop parsley. Zest 1 lemon. Set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Combine all ingredients with cooked pasta. Add a drizzle or two of extra virgin olive oil to coat and add a pop of flavor. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Squeeze the juice of 1\/2 lemon over everything and toss to combine.<\/li>\n<li>Serve at room temperature or chill in refrigerator 1 hour before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Hint: Pair this with your favorite chilled white wine on a warm summer&#8217;s day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This pasta dish is so simple to make and tastes fabulous when served chilled on a warm summer&#8217;s day. While this recipe may not support a ketogenic-style diet\u00a0it is deliciously rich in carbohydrates which may aid in probiotic colonization and support gut health. Ingredients Your choice of pasta (I love whole wheat spaghetti but you <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/simple-summer-pasta\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,182,187,225],"tags":[173,6,235],"class_list":["post-2994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diet-weight-loss","category-food","category-recipes","category-summer","tag-healthy-recipes","tag-probiotics","tag-recipes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2994"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3000,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2994\/revisions\/3000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwcnaturals.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}