It’s incredibly simple to make this pasta dish with broccoli and mushrooms. Although you may alter it up by using different kinds of pasta, I prefer it with spaghetti. For diversity, I have also used a mixture of half broccoli and half spinach. This is a fantastic lunch made with garden salad and crusty French bread.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
Ingredients
- 1 pound uncooked spaghetti
- 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped broccoli
- 2 (4.5 ounce) cans sliced mushrooms, drained
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ½ cup butter
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes; drain well.
- Combine broccoli, mushrooms, Parmesan cheese, butter, salt, pepper, lemon juice, garlic powder, and basil in a large saucepan; heat over low heat, stirring often, until heated through.
- Place spaghetti and broccoli mixture in a large serving dish; toss lightly before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 633 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 78 g |
| Cholesterol | 66 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Protein | 24 g |
| Saturated Fat | 15 g |
| Sodium | 2079 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 26 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Add about 1/4 cup of chicken broth after adding the pasta to the veggies. Yum!
I followed the recipe! I also added half of a white onion, chopped and a red bell pepper, chopped. This was tasty. My husband said he would eat it once a week.
Easy and delicious! I made with olive oil, veggie broth, fresh garlic, onion, broccoli, baby bella mushrooms (cut in half), kalamata olives, crushed reds and a can of diced tomatoes. So much flavor. The husband loved it.
My husband LOVES this recipe! I used cavatappi noodles instead, and the texture with the steamed broccoli was perfect. I also used fresh, sliced baby bella mushrooms and sautéed them with a splash of olive oil before combining with the rest of the sauce ingredients. Next time, I would only add 1 tsp of black pepper, because 2 tsp was a bit too peppery for me. Overall, excellent recipe.
That’s way too much salt and pepper.
It absolutely surprised me with its nice flavor but with the following adaptions: I used fresh broccoli and mushroom and garlic, I added a little white onion in it too. It turned out to be really good.
Its so salty it’s hard to eat. Less salt and it would taste good
Quite yummy! I added some rotisserie chicken to part of it…for my guy…but I did fine with reg mushrooms and I had some portabella too. I used fresh garlic, mushrooms, broccoli (steamed it a bit first) and didn’t have any basil. Added cheese at the end..and used a bit less butter. All in all would make again..and maybe use fresh spinach next time. Thanks Denise for quick go to meal!
Yummy! I added more cheese (smoked gouda) and used FRESH veggies and it was wonderful! Makes a lot and I would definitely make this again : )
If you are trying to cut down on salt, you can actually omit it because the parmesean is salty. This also good with fresh spinach – I had that and not broccoli on hand, you just have to use a lot since it shrinks, and wilt it in the microwave first so the recipe doesn’t get watery.
4 stars because of modifications. Used fresh lemon juice and fresh mushroom. The broccoli was frozen and clumped when cooked with the cheese and other ingredients (should have defrosted first). Ended up mixing everything together, adding more lemon juice to taste and putting in baking dish. Topped with left over Parmesan cheese.. DELICIOUS!!!!
This wasn’t bad, just kind of bland. Perhaps I added too many vegetables but I also included chopped tomatoes, onion, and fresh garlic. I thought that would give it more flavor but it was still lacking. Definitely a quick and easy meal if that’s what you’re going for, though.
Even though I used fresh broccoli, mushrooms and garlic and added cubed chicken this was still just ordinary. The parmesan turned into lumps of stringy melted cheese. I would sprinkle it on top and not put it in the sauce next time. The salt and pepper quantities are way out of whack. Maybe fresh basil would make it better. Might try again and add some wine and cream to the sauce.
Use fresh veggies! Beware of the temp. With the cheese, se torn en tiri-gala.
Tasty. However, I found there was too much parmesan. I sprinkled about two tablespoons of parmesan over the veggies when they became moist and colorful. I also added shredded spinach.
Very good! Used fresh ingredients as most everyone else did, and added chicken. Yummy!
Just okay. The sauce is quite grainy if you use the parmesan in the can. I made it with fresh broccoli, mushrooms and garlic like many of the other reviewers. It doesn’t really make a “sauce” — it’s just tons of butter and grainy parmesan. You can make a luscious alfredo sauce with no more work and next time I’ll do that like usual, since the butter and parmesan in this is so much that it’s crazy fattening. I don’t mind making an occasional super high calorie and high fat meal, but then I prefer it be so good your eyes roll back in your head. 🙂
I loved the idea of the recipe, but used all fresh ingredients instead of frozen, canned, or dried. Also sprinkled the parmesan after cooking and used olive oil instead of butter, with a little sauteed onions thrown in, and salt and pepper to taste. 🙂
Excellent. I replaced spaghetti with fettucini. I did use fresh broccoli and mushrooms, and sauted with some homemade vegetable stock I happened to have on hand. I made as a side dish serving with Easy Mozzarella Chicken by SARAHBEA. I threw both together when we had unexpected company.. so simple to throw together and impressive on the table!
This needs tweaking! Use FRESH shrooms, (canned are so disgusting) fresh basil & garlic, and FRESH broccoli!!!! Too much black pepper, add 1/2-1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes instead. I like more lemon, too and increased the amount of juice to my liking and microplaned a bit of zest in there, as well. If you use salted butter, you may not need an entire TB of salt. A splash of half & half was a great addition, too. Next time will add chicken or shrimp for the meat lovers in my family. I give it 1 star as written, but a 4 with the tweaks. 🙂
Very good! I used fresh brocolli and mushrooms and added a tiny bit of pasta water in for a little more moistness. I did use linguini too cause thats what I had. Yum!