Quick and Creamy Avocado Pasta
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 493kcal
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Ingredients
- 5 oz (140 g) wholegrain spaghetti
- 1 cup (180 g) cherry tomatoes
- ¼ cup (6 g) basil, fresh (dry basil will do too, but use less)
- 1 large avocado
- 2-3 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 clove garlic
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
Optional
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds (roasted)
- 1 thumb ginger, fresh
Instructions
- Bring water to boil and chuck in pasta.
- Use pasta cooking time to prepare the avocado sauce:
- Mash the avocado flesh with a fork in a bowl until its creamy (if you have a food processor, use that).
- Add olive oil, lemon juice, soy sauce and nutritional yeast to the mashed avocado.
- Cut the basil leaves and add them to the bowl.
- Grate the garlic and ginger and add them too. Remember, ginger is optional. Unless you’re born that way.
- If the mix is too thick then add some tablespoons of water.
- Drain the pasta and place it back in the pot. Add the avocado sauce and stir nicely.
- Halve the cherry tomatoes and throw in with pasta.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds if you have them to hand and season with a bit of salt.
- Boom! Ready :)
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Nutrition
Serving: 304g | Calories: 493kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Sodium: 1027mg | Potassium: 967mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 671IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 100mg | Iron: 5mg