Slimming Eats Recipes
Extra Easy – 1 HEa per serving
Green - 1 HEa per serving
Cherry Tomato and Basil Pasta
serves 2
Author: Slimming Eats
Ingredients
- 400g of cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
- chicken or vegetable stock
- 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- handful of basil, finely chopped
- 160g of pasta, uncooked
- 56g of parmesan (2xHEa’s)
- spray oil
- salt and black pepper, to season
Method
- Spray a deep frying pan over a medium high heat with some spray oil.
- Add the onion and fry until softened. Add the garlic and cherry tomatoes, season with a little salt and black pepper and fry for a approx. 5 mins.
- Add the tomato paste and a little stock, just enough to create a sauce, you don't want it too dry or too liquidy. Simmer on a low heat for approx. 15-20 mins until tomatoes have completely softened.
- In the meantime, add the pasta to a saucepan of boiling hot water and cook until al dente (reserve some of the pasta cooking liquid)
- Stir in the chopped basil to the sauce and then add in then cooked pasta and stir to completely coat all the pasta.
- Sprinkle in the parmesan cheese and add a few tablespoons of the reserved pasta water and give a gentle stir.
- Serve and Enjoy!!
The recipe above has been calculated for Slimming World, however for those of you following the Weight Watchers plan or another calorie controlled type diet. Below is the approx. nutritional information (using calorie count recipe analysis)
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Approx. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION |
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per serving |
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Calories |
465 |
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Fat |
8.7g |
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Saturated Fat |
4.7g |
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Total Carbohydrate |
74.2g |
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Dietary Fibre |
5.7g |
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Sugars |
9.1g |
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Protein |
23.1g |
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