Ideas needed for pasta without tomato sauce, cream sauce, or a lot of herbs

So many options not sure where to start

From a general standpoint - garlic butter/olive oil with tons of fresh veggies (artichoke hearts, olives, peas, peppers etc) sausage if you like, shaved parm cheese on side if you can’t put it in.

I love an asparagus sauce - bunch of asparagus roughly chopped, boil in a bit of water and salt until softer than you’d eat it plain, buzz in a food processor and combine with about a stick of butter, little lemon juice if you like. Enough for a pound of pasta. Can top with any grilled protein if you like (chicken, steak, fish, shrimp). It is green but not herb driven - so may get mixed mileage out of that.

Those are my first two ideas. But don’t have to go Italian - could go Thai, Chinese etc depending on shapes.

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