EEE Cooks: Vegetable Pasta with Lemon Cheese Sauce (Recipe)

Ingredients

• ⅓ pound ziti pasta
• 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
• ¾ cup red onion
• 5 ounces fresh white button mushrooms
• 1 cup yellow squash
• 1 stalk broccoli
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 clove garlic
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• salt & pepper
• ½ cup vegetable stock
• 1½ tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup 2-percent milk
• ½ large lemon
• ¼ cup Pecorino romano cheese (Locatelli)
• 1 cup fresh beefsteak tomatoes
• 2 sprigs fresh basil
• red pepper flakes