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Hot-smoked Salmon & Creamy Courgette Pasta
Craving creamy pasta? Responsibly-sourced, hot-smoked salmon joins brown rice penne, creamy almond yoghurt and garden veggies (like courgette, tomatoes and dill) in this simple supper. Ready in 20 mins!
Ready in 20
High protein
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 shallot
- 1 courgette
- 110g baby tomatoes
- 2 hot-smoked salmon fillets (skin on) (Fish)
- 80g almond yoghurt (nush) (Nuts) (Almond Drink (92%) (Filtered Water, Almond), Fava Bean Protein (4%), Thickener: Tapioca Starch, Natural Flavouring, Citrus Fibre, Live Vegan Cultures.)
- 1 handful of fresh dill
- 120g brown rice penne (Eggs)
- 2 garlic clove
- 11g vegetable stock powder (Salt, Rice Flour, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Carrot Powder, Tomato Powder, Parsnip Powder, Green Bean Powder, Parsley Flakes, Lovage Root Extract, Rapeseed Oil, Ground Mace, Ground White Pepper, Garlic Powder.)
- 1 unwaxed lemon
Nutritional Information
Calories: 588
Protein: 45g
Carbs: 59g
Fat: 19g
Ingredients
- 2 garlic clove
- 80g almond yoghurt (nush) (use half) (Nuts) (Almond Drink (92%) (Filtered Water, Almond), Fava Bean Protein (4%), Thickener: Tapioca Starch, Natural Flavouring, Citrus Fibre, Live Vegan Cultures.)
- 110g baby tomatoes (use half)
- 1 shallot (use half)
- 1 handful of fresh dill (use half)
- 120g brown rice penne (use half) (Eggs)
- 11g vegetable stock powder (use half) (Salt, Rice Flour, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Carrot Powder, Tomato Powder, Parsnip Powder, Green Bean Powder, Parsley Flakes, Lovage Root Extract, Rapeseed Oil, Ground Mace, Ground White Pepper, Garlic Powder.)
- 1 courgette (use half)
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 1 hot-smoked salmon fillet (skin on) (Fish)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 608
Protein: 46g
Carbs: 65g
Fat: 19g
Hot-smoked Salmon & Creamy Courgette Pasta
Craving creamy pasta? Responsibly-sourced, hot-smoked salmon joins brown rice penne, creamy almond yoghurt and garden veggies (like courgette, tomatoes and dill) in this simple supper. Ready in 20 mins!
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Bring a medium saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
- Pull out a sieve, a medium frying pan & a measuring jug
Cook the penne & prep
- Add the penne and boil for 7-8 mins, until cooked, then drain
- Finely dice the shallot. Finely chop or crush the garlic
- Dice the courgette into 1cm cubes. Roughly chop the dill
Build the dish
- Heat the medium frying pan with 1 tsp oil on medium heat. Once hot, add the shallot, courgette and garlic, and cook for 6-8 mins, until the veg has softened
- Halve the tomatoes, then add to the pan along with the yoghurt and 100ml water (50ml for 1 person). Add the stock powder and stir well. Season with salt
Bring everything together
- Flake the salmon into chunks (discarding the skin) then stir into the creamy sauce, along with the cooked penne and dill
- Cook for a final minute until the sauce coats the pasta. Season with salt and pepper
Plate up
- Serve the pasta into bowls and garnish with the lemon, cut into wedges
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