Meatballs & Pasta (5-Ingredients)

This meal is the epitome of using pre-prepared ingredients to your advantage to create a well-balanced meal. Buying pre-made beef meatballs saves time and pesto provides a wonderful flavour to this 5-ingredient dish. If you are wanting to cut down on your saturated fat intake why not try swapping the beef meatballs for turkey or chicken balls.

Serves 3

Ingredients:

1pack (12) meatballs/336g

225g wholewheat pasta

1 tin tomatoes

1tbsp. chilli red pesto

60g cheese

Method:

1). Boil the kettle.

2). On a medium heat add a little oil or Frylight to a frying pan. Place the meatballs into the pan. Cook for approx.15 minutes, turning frequently during cooking. After 5 minutes of cooking, add the tinned tomatoes and red pesto.

3). Next, add the boiled water and the pasta to a saucepan and cook as per packet instructions.

4). When the pasta is cooked, add 2tbsp. of the cooking water to the meatballs. Then drain the pasta, discard the remaining water and add the pasta to meatballs.

5). Adjust seasoning, plate up and sprinkle with cheese.

6). Enjoy!

Nutritional Composition (per serving):

Energy (kcal): 649

Fat (g): 27

Saturates (g): 12

Carbohydrates (g): 53

Sugars (g): 8.4

Protein (g): 43

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