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Creamy Lemon Pea Pasta

Creamy Lemon Pea Pasta

Silky, zingy and powered by a bag of frozen peas.

Grab this

  • 300 g pasta
  • 2 cups frozen peas
  • 1 lemon
  • ½ cup unsweetened plant milk
  • 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 1 garlic clove
  • Salt and black pepper

Do this

  1. Cook pasta until just tender. Save 1 cup of pasta water.
  2. Blend 1½ cups peas with lemon zest and juice, plant milk, nutritional yeast, garlic, salt and pepper.
  3. Warm the sauce in the pasta pot. Add pasta, remaining peas and enough pasta water to make it glossy.

Estimated per serving

Nutrition at a glance

Calories
360
Fat
4g
Saturated fat
0.5g
Carbohydrates
67g
Fibre
8g
Sugars
7g
Protein
17g
Sodium
180mg

Peas and nutritional yeast add more protein and fibre than a typical simple pasta dish.

Estimates vary with ingredient brands, substitutions and serving size.