Pasta with Asparagus and Pine Nuts

We had a delicious pasta dinner last night that was so incredibly easy to make. I'm definitely keeping this simple recipe in my back pocket for nights when I don't know what else to do. You can sub any vegetable and any nut!

The original recipe is from Real Simple and is called Linguine with Asparagus and Pine Nuts. I'm sure it would be amazing with fresh pasta and fresh shaved Parmesan, but, using what we had on hand (which is another part of this blog... everything has to be easy and convenient!), I used regular ol' spaghetti noodles and the Parmesan cheese that comes in a shaker. Easy enough!

I almost always have pine nuts in the house for cooking and I had asparagus in the freezer from our CSA earlier in the summer. I added a nice salad on the side and it was perfect!

Mmmmm.... look at those big garlic cloves. YUM!