Ham And Vegetable Linguine - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. (8 oz.) linguine
1/2 lb. fresh asparagus, cut into 1 inch pieces
1/2 lb. fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 medium carrot, thinly sliced
1 medium zucchini, diced
2 c. julienned fully cooked ham
1/4 c. butter or margarine
1 c. whipping cream
1/2 c. frozen peas
3 green onions, sliced
1/4 c. grated parmesan cheese
1 tsp. dried basil
3/4 tsp. salt
Dash each pepper and ground nutmeg
Additional parmesan cheese, optional

Preparation

Cook linguine according to pkg. directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute asparagus, mushrooms, carrot, zucchini and ham in butter until the vegetables are tender. Add cream, peas, onions, parmesan, basil, salt, pepper and nutmeg; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer for 3 minutes stirring frequently. Rinse and drain linguine; add to vegetable mixture and toss to coat. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese if desired.