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Simple Spaghetti & Tomato sauce

Simple Spaghetti & Tomato sauce

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 22 minutes
Servings: 3
Calories: 457kcal
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An easy supper of spaghetti & tomato sauce

Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil / or Fry Light for SW
  • 2-3 Cloves garlic chopped finely
  • 1 1/2 Punnet’s Cherry tomatoes halved (baby plum best as they are sweeter)
  • chilli flakes or chilli oil
  • Squeeze Tomato purée
  • 4 tablespoons Pasta cooking water
  • 300 g - 400g Fresh or dried Spaghetti cooked weight
  • Fresh basil leaves - torn

Instructions

  • Cook your spaghetti according to on pack instructions 
  • Fry the chopped garlic in the olive oil.
  • After a couple of minutes add the halved cherry tomatoes and continue cooking until the tomatoes begin to soften, season well.
  • Add chilli oil or dried chilli (anything works) and continue to cook.
  • At this point add 4 Tablespoons of the pasta boiling water and a squeeze of tomato purée, cook for another few minutes, have a taste, sometimes I add a pinch of sugar if tomatoes not sweet enough
  • Stir in some torn basil leaves
  • Add the spaghetti mix well and serve with Parmesan… deliciously simple

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Simple Spaghetti & Tomato sauce
Amount per Serving
Calories
457
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
9
g
14
%
Saturated Fat
 
1
g
6
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
6
g
Sodium
 
15
mg
1
%
Potassium
 
286
mg
8
%
Carbohydrates
 
78
g
26
%
Fiber
 
3
g
13
%
Sugar
 
3
g
3
%
Protein
 
13
g
26
%
Vitamin A
 
84
IU
2
%
Vitamin C
 
3
mg
4
%
Calcium
 
27
mg
3
%
Iron
 
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.