This is a really simple but healthy dish. For pasta you can choose any shape of wholewheat, I used linguine, which are similar to spaghetti but more flat.
Ingredients (2 persons):
- 200g of wholewheat pasta
- 100g of fresh young spinach
- 40g of freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 clove garlic
- 8 cherry tomatoes
- olive oil
- a little lemon juice
- salt and pepper
Boil enough water, put some salt in it and add the pasta. Meanwhile wash and dry the spinach leaves. Put the spinach, garlic, Parmesan, 1-2 Tbsp water from the pasta, and just a bit of lemon juice in a food processor and whizz to get a fine pure. Salt and pepper to taste. Also cut the washed cherry tomatoes in quarters.
When the pasta is done (al-dente), drain it and put it back into the pot. Put in the cherry tomatoes quarters and the pesto. Toss everything so that all of the pasta gets covered with pesto. Serve garnished with a lemon slice.
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