What is better than a nice fresh pasta dish for dinner? Nothing :) Last night I made this lovely invention and thought I'd share it with you all. It only takes 15mins to make and is absolutely delicious. This dish definitely benefits from using fresh ingredients so buy on the day you are going to cook. Here is my recipe:
Ingredients ~
- spaghetti (enough for two people)
- 10 cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 1 bunch of asparagus, broken (don't need to cut asparagus!) into 2cm (ish) lengths
- 6-8 button mushrooms, sliced thickly
- 1 handful of baby spinach
- 1 handful of rocket
- salt
- pepper
- olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 handful of basil
To Cook ~
- Cook the spaghetti according to the instructions on the pack.
- Steam the asparagus until it has turned a darker green (about 5mins) and set aside.
- Steam the baby spinach and rocket (about 1min) and set aside.
- Put about 1 1/2 tbsp of olive oil into a pan with the crushed garlic and heat up. Add the mushrooms and cook for about 5 mins. Add the cherry tomatoes to the pan, season with salt and pepper and cook for a further 5mins.
- When the spaghetti is ready drain and reserve 1tbsp of the cooking liquid.
- Put the asparagus and rocket and baby spinach in the pan with the spaghetti. Pour over the mushrooms and cherry tomatoes, including the oil and garlic in the pan.
- Add a swirl of balsamic vinegar (to taste) and the reserved cooking liquid. Toss well to combine.
- Tear over the basil leaves. Serve with parmesan with desired.
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| yum, yum, yum! |
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