Serves
2
Pea Pasta with Spinach and Feta
A really simple meal. Pea pasta is great as there is only one ingredient. Peas! It’s texture is the same as usual pasta. To save time, you can also use a shop bought pesto. There are some great vegetarian and vegan options now.
Ingredients
- 20g walnuts, chopped
- 10g pine nuts
- 200g pea pasta
- 2 small garlic cloves
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- Zest of 1/2 lemon
- Juice from 1/2 lemon
- 200g spinach
- 30g basil
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 10 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 60g feta, chopped
Directions
- Toast the walnuts and pine nuts in a dry frying pan on high heat for a few minutes, stirring constantly until golden.
- Cook the pasta as per the instructions.
- While that’s cooking, make the pesto. Pop the toasted nuts, garlic, nutmeg, lemon zest, lemon juice, spinach, basil, and oil in a blender and blend until smooth.
- When the pasta is cooked, drain and pop back into the empty pan, adding the pesto along with the tomatoes and mix well.
- Serve into 2 bowls and top with feta.
- Kcal: 505
- Protein: 22g
- Fats: 13g
- Carb: 29g
- Fibre: 8.5g
- Serving: Not specified
