EASY Broccoli and Bacon Pasta

Now our lives are picking up a little bit (for the lucky ones) we might not have as much time as we have had recently in quarantine. This pasta takes 10 minutes to make, that’s it. Is SO easy and doesn’t need a lot of ingredients but it tastes so nice! I had to have seconds as I couldn’t leave another portion there without being eaten. Please try this and let me know what you think, ill definitely being using this recipe a lot more once life returns to being busy again!!

The total of ALL the ingredients came to £4.12 to serve 3 people.

INGREDIENTS:

Low calorie cooking spray

Fussili pasta (or any pasta of your choice)

Broccoli

6 rashers of bacon

1 fat red chilli, deseeded and thinly chopped

1 clove of garlic, peeled and diced

3 tablespoons of crème fraiche

1 tablespoon of basil

TO SERVE: parmesan

STEP BY STEP-

1)Start to cook the pasta in boiling water for 5 minutes

2) After 5 minutes, add the broccoli to the pasta and cook for a further 5 minutes

3) After adding the broccoli, immediately begin to fry the bacon in a heated frying pan alongside low calorie cooking spray

4) As you drain the broccoli and pasta, remove the bacon from the pan and cut into smaller pieces. then return to the pan and add the garlic and chilli to the bacon and fry for 30 seconds.

5) return the pasta and broccoli to the saucepan and then add the bacon, garlic and chilli. Mix in the crème fraiche and basil.

6) Serve with a sprinkling of parmesan

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION:

per serving- as pictured

Calories carbohydrates protein fats

324 31g 15g 15g

for more protein add more bacon, for less fat add less creme fraiche :)