Pesto, green bean and bacon rigatoni
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Pip
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This is a great quick weeknight dinner, very tasty and little effort
5 mins
12 mins
545 kcals
serves 2
PESTO, GREEN BEAN AND BACON RIGATONI
It’s easy to make your own pesto if you wish (recipe here https://www.theslimmingfoodie.com/homemade-pesto/) but shop bought pesto tends to be relatively low syn if you don’t have the time. This is a great quick throw-together dish, but tastes lovely.
Pesto, green bean and bacon rigatoni
- Total Time: 17 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
Description
This is a great quick weeknight dinner, very tasty and little effort
Syns: 2 per portion
Ingredients
Scale
- 200 g rigatoni
- 1 tbsp green pesto
- handful green beans (ends taken off and cut in half)
- handful peeled broad beans
- 2 rashers bacon (fat removed and finely chopped)
- salt and pepper
- 1 red chilli (finely chopped)
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to packet instuctions
- in the meantime, fry the bacon pieces until crispy
- simmer the prepared beans for 3-4 minutes
- When the pasta’s cooked, stir in the pesto, bacon and beans and season to taste
- Serve garnished with the chilli
Notes
Fresh peas are also lovely in this
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
