Delicious Zucchini Pasta

I found this recipe on allrecipes.com and made it for dinner the other night and it was pretty good! Here's the recipe (substitutions I made are marked with a *)

INGREDIENTS
1 (8 ounce) package uncooked pasta shells *
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/2 onion, chopped *
3 cloves garlic, sliced *
1 zucchini, chopped *
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes *
3/4 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup chopped cooked chicken
1 ounce diced roasted red peppers *
2 tablespoons light cream cheese *
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves *
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese *


DIRECTIONS
1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place pasta shells in the pot, cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until al dente, and drain.
2. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook the onion and garlic until tender. Mix in the zucchini, and season with oregano, salt and pepper, and red pepper. Cook 10 minutes, until tender.
3. Stir the chicken broth into the skillet, and cook 5 minutes, until heated through. Mix in the chicken, roasted red peppers, and cream cheese, and continue cooking 5 minutes. Serve over the cooked pasta, and top with fresh basil and Parmesan cheese.

Makes 4 servings, approximately 6 WW Points per serving for original recipe.

I slightly altered the recipe when I made it- here are the changes I made:
*used bow-tie pasta instead of shells
*used frozen chopped onion instead of fresh
*used diced garlic from a jar
*used frozen sliced zucchini instead of fresh and added sliced yellow squash
*omitted red pepper flakes (becuase I don't like spice)
*omitted roasted red peppers (because I didn't have them)
*added another tablespoon of cream cheese to thicken the sauce
*used a smalled amount of dried basil
*used parmesan cheese from a can

The only cooking change I had to make was I had to turn the stove on high when cooking the zucchini to boil all the excess water from them being frozen. I also added white cooking wine at this time to give it more flavor.

This recipe was very delicious for dinner and equally good as leftovers for lunch the next day. I like the fact that I could use frozen ingredients and it still tasted good.

Here is the link for the original recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Zucchini-Pasta-II/Detail.aspx

Let me know if you try it and like it!