Vegetarian
Pasta with Homemade Pesto
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 13 minutes
Serves: 4
What you'll need...
400g wholewheat tagliatelle
handful of green string beans (roughly chopped) or cherry tomatoes, halved
1 cup pesto
Pine nuts and basil to top
To prepare...
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Boil the pasta according to the packet instructions
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Boil/steam the beans in water for 3 minutes or cook the tomatoes in a pan with olive oil on a low heat for 3 minutes
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Mix the pesto with the pasta and beans/tomatoes and top with pine nuts and basil.
Couscous, Pumpkin and Walnut Salad
Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 25 minutes
Serves - 4
What you'll need...
1 medium sized pumpkin
1 garlic clove
Juice of 1 lemon
100g of walnuts
2 teaspoons of honey
1 tablespoon of olive oil
A sprig of sage
A half a teaspoon of chili powder
A half a teaspoon of ginger powder
Salt and pepper to taste
2 cups of couscous
To prepare...
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Peel the pumpkin and cut into large squares
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Add the chopped garlic, sage, ginger, chili, salt and pepper
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Mix with the vegetable oil
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Bake at 150C for 20 minutes or until the pumpkin is cooked through
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Dry roast the walnuts and then add the honey and lemon juice, allow this to caramelise
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Mix the walnuts with the pumpkin
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Add 3 cups of boiling water to the couscous and cover. Allow to stand for 5 minutes
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Mix some lemon juice with the couscous
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Form a well in the centre of the couscous and add the walnut and pumpkin mix.
Walnuts are filled with omega-3s, copper and manganese, olive oil is a great source of vitamins E, K & monounsaturated fats and chilli powder is packed with vitamin K.
Have a look at the nutrients page for more details.