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Boost your heart health with a fresh and flavorful bowl of pasta! 

Chopped champ Eric Levine shows us how to whip up a whole wheat pasta dinner.

RECIPE:

Spaghetti with Grilled Green Beans and Mushrooms

INGREDIENTS

• 12 oz. whole-wheat spaghetti

• 10 oz. cremini mushrooms, trimmed

• 8 oz. green beans, trimmed

• 1 bunch scallions, trimmed

• 1 1/2 tbsp. olive oil

• 1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper

• kosher salt

• 1 large clove garlic

• 2 lemons

DIRECTIONS

Heat grill to medium-high. Cook the spaghetti according to package directions.

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, toss the mushrooms, green beans, and scallions with the olive oil, crushed red pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Grill the vegetables until just tender, 3 to 5 minutes, transferring them to a cutting board as they are done.

Cut the green beans and scallions into 2-inch pieces and place back in the large bowl. Using a garlic press, press the garlic into the bowl, and finely grate the zest the lemons on top. Cut the lemons in half and grill, cut-side down, until charred.

HALVE THE MUSHROOMS AND TRANSFER TO THE BOWL ALONG WITH THE SPAGHETTI, SQUEEZING IN THE JUICE OF THE LEMONS, AND TOSSING TO COMBINE.