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The olives and cheese are entirely optional, and other ingredients, such as sun-dried tomatoes, can be added alongside or instead of them.
Ingredients
- 80g Pasta ( any type )
- 2/3 teaspoons Pesto
- 8 olives
- Variable Grated Cheddar Cheese
Method
- 1. Boil enough water in kettle or pan to submerge the pasta. Do not add the pasta to the water yet.
- 2. Once water is boiling in the pan, add in the dry pasta.
- 3. Boil the pasta for 10/12 min.
- 4. Drain the pasta, then add pesto and mix in.
- 5. Sprinkle the olives on top/ mix them in.
- 6. Sprinkle grated cheese on top.
- 7. Eat.
3 Comments
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Try adding a small amount of mild chilli powder - it really lifts the dish to another level.As a variation for the spaghetti sauce, just crush a couple of garlic cloves in a pestle with salt black pepper and a couple of green chillies - fry in good olive oil and then mix with the al dente pasta. Gourmet feast fit for a king. This is very popular in Italy.
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carol savage Thu Nov 26 2009 • Reply
Wow Amy this looks fab - bet your friends can't beat that!!!
Ingredients
- 200g Pasta (any type)
- green pesto
- cream cheese
Method
- The quantities here are for 1 person.
- 1. Put the pasta onto boil and when it's finished cooking, rain the water (leaving a little bit left so the pasta isn't too dry).
- 2. Take a spoonful of cream cheese and mix it thoroughly with the pasta: when I cook this for myself I only use one desert spoon full of cream cheese.
- 3. Add the pesto: if you used one spoonful of cream cheese, use one and a half of pesto.
- The thing with this is to experiment with the quatities of cream cheese and pesto until you find the perfect combination.
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- 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.
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