Carrots and Squash Farfalle with Creamy Pesto Sauce

Ingredients:
Farfalle Pasta - 1/2 box (I used Barilla carrots and Squash)
Pesto - 1/4 cup (Refer to my recipe here)
Heavy Cream - 1/4 cup
Butter - 1 TBSP
Salt & Pepper - to taste

Method:

1. Bring 2-4 quarts of water to a boil.  Add salt to taste.
2. Add pasta to boiling water.
3. Boil for 4 -5 minutes, stirring occasionally.  
4. Meanwhile, in a saucepan add heavy cream and butter.
5. Heat until butter melts.
6. Add pesto, salt and pepper. Stir well.  Simmer for 1 minute.  Do not let the mixture boil.
7. Drain the pasta and transfer it to a large bowl.  Pour the sauce over pasta and mix well.
8. Serve hot.  If you are packing for lunch, make sure to put it in a hot pack.

Linking this to Nithu's Healthy Food for Healthy Kids event which I am hosting this month.

Event Announcement - Kids Lunch Box Recipes

Dear blogger and non-blogger friends,

I am happy to announce that I am guest hosting my first event called "Healthy Food for Healthy kids" created by Nithu of Nithu's Kitchen.  Thank You so much Nithu for giving me this opportunity and to host - Kids Lunch Box Recipes.

So, what do you pack for your little ones or teenagers to school?  Want to share some of your lunch box ideas with everyone?  Send your recipes to my event.  This event is open to all the blogger and non-bloggers (see the instructions below).  Hoping to see many wonderful tasty, healthy and nutritional ideas.  Thank You for your support and happy cooking.

Some rules to follow:

1. Post any vegetarian healthy lunch box recipe suitable for kids between 4 to 15 years of age between 10th Aug and 10th Sep, 2012.
2. Give link to this announcement and Nithu's event announcement page. Logo is mandatory  as it helps spread word.
3. Don't worry if you have your recipes in your archives. Just update the post with logo and  link to this announcement and Nithu's event announcement page.
4. Link your entries to the linky tool below or send it to lathagan@gmail.com with the subject line as ‘Healthy Food for Healthy Kids-Kids Lunch Box Recipes' with the below details.
Name :
Blog Name :
Recipe Name :
Recipe URL :
Picture of your recipe :
4. Non-bloggers are welcome to send recipes. Send recipe in full with the picture and the same subject line as above.
5. Person who sends highest number of entries will be declared as the Winner of the Month. A winner badge will be awarded by Nithu which you can proudly post in your blog:-)
6. I'll acknowledge your entries within 3 days else leave a comment in this announcement.