Pasta with asparagus and cream cheese sauce

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 500 g asparagus
• 150g penne
• 60 g ham
• 2 spring onions
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tomatoes
• 100 g cream cheese, with 5% fat content
• e.g. salt and pepper
• n. B. Herbs of Provence
• possibly chili powder
• olive oil
• some sugar

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 10 minutes; Total time approx. 35 minutes

light asparagus dish

Cook the penne according to the package instructions. Peel the asparagus, cut it into 3-4 cm pieces, and boil it in water with a little sugar. When the asparagus is cooked, skim it off and reserve some of the asparagus liquid. Meanwhile, chop the ham, spring onions, and garlic and sauté them in olive oil. Also chop the tomatoes into small pieces and add them. Next, add the cream cheese to the vegetables and thin the mixture with a little asparagus liquid. Season with salt, pepper, and Provençal herbs to taste. If you like it a little spicier, add chili powder. Finally, stir in the cooked asparagus pieces and heat them up briefly again. Serve the asparagus with the pasta. Jacket potatoes or rice also go well with it.