Garlic Lemon Chilli & White Bean Pasta

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Serves
2
Cook Time
20 minutes

Pasta with muscles?! This packs over 46g of protein per portion. It you cant get your hands on quark then cottage cheese, blended would make a great alternative.

Pasta with muscles?! This packs over 46g of protein per portion. It you cant get your hands on quark then cottage cheese, blended would make a great alternative.

Ingredients

For the pasta
  1. Pasta of choice |200g| (dry)
  2. Olive oil |1 tbsp|
  3. Garlic cloves |3| finely chopped
  4. Mild red chilli |1| finely chopped
  5. Cannellini beans |1 x 570g jar| undrained
  6. Low-fat quark |200g| or similar plant-based alternative
  7. Baby spinach |150g|
  8. Nutritional yeast |25g| or a little grated cheese
  9. Zest + juice of lemon |1|

Ingredients

For the salad
Tofu
150g
Chickpeas
1 can (400g)
Green Lentils
100g
Spinach
150g
Almonds
2 tbsp
Tempeh
100g
Olive oil
1 tsp
Avocado
1
Chilli Flakes
Pinch

Method

Cook pasta
  1. Cook the dried pasta according to packet instructions in a pot of well salted water until al dente
  2. Meanwhile, make the sauce
Cook aromatics
  1. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat until hot
  2. Add the garlic and chilli and cook for a couple of minutes until very fragrant but not taking on any colour
Create sauce
  1. Add the cannellini beans with their liquid as well as the quark and bring to a simmer
  2. Once simmering blitz roughly half of the mixture with a hand blender or alternatively mash
  3. Stir through the spinach and allow to wilt, adding a lid if needed to help
Combine
  1. Stir in the the nutritional yeast and lemon juice until combined
  2. Drain the pasta, reserving a good mug of pasta water and add the pasta to the sauce
  3. Toss the sauce until very well combined, adding the salted pasta water as needed until silky
  4. Taste and season with lemon juice and salt to taste
Serve
  1. Top with plenty black pepper and chilli flakes

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