Pasta pesto

Name: Pasta pesto
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 portions of super-quick batch pesto; 700g mixed green veg – I use fine green beans, tenderstem broccoli and asparagus; 300g dried wholewheat rigatoni or penne; 1⁄2 a lemon; 2 sprigs of fresh basil; 30g Parmesan cheese

Green beans, broccoli & asparagus

20 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 4

About the recipe

Swapping in wholemeal pasta can not only up your fibre intake here, but also gives us other essential micronutrients, including iron, which our brains need in order to function properly.

Super Food Family Classics, p48

nutrition per serving

Calories

26%

Fat

33%

Saturates

30%

Sugars

Salt

10%

Protein

51%

Carbs

21%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

Super Food Family Classics

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

4 portions of super-quick batch pesto

700g mixed green veg – I use fine green beans, tenderstem broccoli and asparagus

300g dried wholewheat rigatoni or penne

1⁄2 a lemon

2 sprigs of fresh basil

30g Parmesan cheese

Method

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For the full recipe, head to page 48 of Jamie's cookbook, Super Food Family Classics.

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