Healthy Easter Recipe: Spring Pea Pasta with ricotta and herbs

Full of complex carbohydrates, this pasta recipe is a perfectly scrumptious and filling meal!

Spring pea pasta is delicious recipe with healthy ingredients. Whole wheat pastas are full of fiber which makes you feel full. Addition of chicken/ turkey enhances its protein content. Ricotta cheese is low in fat and calories.

Ingredients

• Whole wheat Pasta 15 gms
• Chicken/ Turkey shredded- 20 gms
• Peas 30 gms
• Ricotta cheese- 10 gms
• Fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves- 1 tsp.
• Spring onion- 2 tbsp.
• Oregano- 1tsp.

Preparation

1. Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a stockpot over high. Add 1 salt; return to a boil. Add pasta; boil, stirring occasionally, until al dente, about 8 minutes. Add boiled chicken/ turkey. Stir in peas, and cook 2 minutes. Drain pasta mixture, reserving 1/2 cup cooking water.

2. Return pasta mixture to pot. Add ricotta, parsley, butter, spring onion, oregano, and reserved cooking water; stir to coat. Serve immediately.

Nutritive value: per serving

Energy (kcals)	97
Protein (g)	10
Fat (g)	3.5
Complex carbohydrate (g)	12.5

Say yay if you love pasta! Have you tried the Fibre-rich burnt garlic with whole wheat pasta, yet?

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