Recipes
Recipes

Summer pasta

Pasta is perfect for fast meals – use any cheese you have in the fridge.

Pasta is perfect for fast meals – use any cheese you have in the fridge.

Cooking Time

Cook: 15 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: £1.25 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 392g serving contains

Energy
1098kj
262kcal
13%
Fat
11.1g
Med
16%
Saturates
2.5g
Med
13%
Sugars
5.3g
Med
6%
Salt
1.1g
Med
18%
1
of your 5-a-day
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
280kj/67kcal

Ingredients

350g wholewheat spaghetti

200g frozen peas

2 tbsp olive oil

175g pack Asda Baby Leeks, trimmed and cut into 2cm pieces

2 courgettes, thinly sliced with a peeler

6 basil leaves, shredded, plus extra to garnish

200g Wensleydale cheese, crumbled

Method

1
Add the spaghetti and frozen peas to a pan of boiling water. Bring back to the boil, then simmer fast for 8-10 minutes or until the pasta is just tender.
2
Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in another pan. Add the leeks and courgettes, then cook for 3-5 minutes until softened.
3
Drain the pasta and peas, reserving 3 tbsp of the liquid. Return to the pan with the reserved water, and toss with the leeks, courgettes and shredded basil. Sprinkle on the cheese, garnish with basil and serve.