The kids decided they liked green beans. This gave me the go ahead to incorporate it into a full blown meal. Yay for veggies! This recipe is really quick when you have very little time to make dinner. Just throw it together and serve it up.

ingredients:
8oz bowtie pasta
1 cup saved pasta water
6oz dry salami
1-1/2 cups frozen green beans
6oz mozzarella
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 Tablespoon lemon zest
cracked pepper

Boil the pasta according to the package, in salted water.

While the pasta is boiling, chop up the salami into strips. Defrost the green beans. When the pasta is ready to be drained, reserve 1 cup of the water that it was boiled in. This helps the pasta stay moist and keeps everything together.

In a large bowl, toss the drained pasta with the salami, beans, mozzarella, parmesan, lemon and pepper. Slowly add the reserved pasta water. Toss and serve immediately while still warm.

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