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Pesto Pasta with Fish and Avocado Salad

Added on Mon Jul 7 2008

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The Basics

• Dish: Main Course
• cuisine: Other
• Serves: 2
• Prep Time: 0hrs 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 0hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• 250g packet wholewheat pasta - or you could use a wheat-free alternative
• 1 jar pesto sauce
• 2 fillets salmon
• One bag mixed lettuce leaves
• Small bunch watercress
• 1 avocado
• Handful sunflower seeds
• Handful pumpkin seeds

Method

1 Prepare the fillets on a piece of silver foil, with a knob of butter one ach, covered in silver foil and placed in the oven on a medium / high heat.

2) Cook the pasta in boiling water as per instructions on the packet.

3) Open the packet of mixed salad and place in a salad bowl. Remove the skin from the avocado and take out the stone. Cut it into small pieces and add to the salad bowl. Sprinkle on the seeds. Add a dash of oloive oil and some freshly squeezed lemon juice.

4) When the pasta is ready, drain it and transfer to a warmed serving dish. Add a tablespoon or two of pesto sauce and gently mix it in with the pasta.

5 Remove the cooked fish from the oven and serve with the pasta.