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Bacon & super-greens carbonara
Mamma mia, what a mouthful! Spring onions, sweetheart cabbage and Tenderstem broccoli are sizzled with bacon and garlic, then lightly simmered in stock. A speedy stir with yogurt, beaten eggs (a handy Slimming World hack!) and basil makes a silky sauce to coat twirls of spaghetti. Dinner: done.
SWK: High protein
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Ingredients
- 4 spring onion
- 1 sweetheart cabbage
- 90g Tenderstem broccoli
- 3 garlic clove
- 50g smoked bacon (pork, water, salt, brown sugar, dextrose powder, sodium ascorbate, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrite)
- 200g pasta (Wheat) (Durum wheat semolina)
- 1 vegetable stock cube (use half) (Celery) (Sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil*, sugar*, vegetables*(6,8%) [celery*, onion*, carrot*, parsnip*, tomato*], sunflower oil*, yeast extract, caramelised sugar*, herbs* & spices* ( lovage*, turmeric*, parsley*, black pepper*) *Organic ingredients)
- 1 handful of fresh basil
- 120g fat-free Greek-style yogurt (Milk) (Skimmed Milk Concentrate, Skimmed Milk, Bacterial Starter Culture)
- 4 eggs (use half) (Eggs) (free range medium egg)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 574
Protein: 35g
Carbs: 87g
Fat: 9.1g
Ingredients
- 100g smoked bacon (pork, water, salt, brown sugar, dextrose powder, sodium ascorbate, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrite)
- 400g pasta (Wheat) (Durum wheat semolina)
- 8 spring onion
- 1 sweetheart cabbage
- 180g Tenderstem broccoli
- 5 garlic clove
- 1 vegetable stock cube (Celery) (Sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil*, sugar*, vegetables*(6,8%) [celery*, onion*, carrot*, parsnip*, tomato*], sunflower oil*, yeast extract, caramelised sugar*, herbs* & spices* ( lovage*, turmeric*, parsley*, black pepper*) *Organic ingredients)
- 1 handful of fresh basil
- 4 eggs (Eggs) (free range medium egg)
- 240g fat-free Greek-style yogurt (Milk) (Skimmed Milk Concentrate, Skimmed Milk, Bacterial Starter Culture)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 572
Protein: 35g
Carbs: 86g
Fat: 9.1g
Bacon & super-greens carbonara
Mamma mia, what a mouthful! Spring onions, sweetheart cabbage and Tenderstem broccoli are sizzled with bacon and garlic, then lightly simmered in stock. A speedy stir with yogurt, beaten eggs (a handy Slimming World hack!) and basil makes a silky sauce to coat twirls of spaghetti. Dinner: done.
Cook time:
40 mins
Cuisine:
Italian
Food group:
Pork
Allergens: Wheat, Celery, Milk, Eggs
Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- 1 large saucepan
- 1 large non stick frying pan
Prep the veg
- Slice the spring onions into 2cm pieces, then core, trim and thinly slice the cabbage. Trim the broccoli and cut into thirds, and peel and crush the garlic.
- On a separate board, trim any visible fat from the bacon, then chop.
Set the pasta simmering
- Cook the pasta in boiling water for 7-8 mins, then drain.
Sizzle & simmer
- Spritz a large non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium-high heat. Fry the spring onions, cabbage, broccoli, garlic and bacon for 5-6 mins. Crumble in the stock, pour in 150ml water (250ml for 4 portions) and stir well. Simmer for 3-4 mins to reduce the sauce by half.
Things get saucy!
- Finely chop the basil. In a small bowl, beat 2 eggs (all the eggs for 4 portions), saving any leftover eggs for another dish, and mix in the yogurt.
- Remove the frying pan from the heat and leave to cool slightly, then stir in the pasta, half of the basil and the egg mix.
Dish up
- Scatter over the remaining basil and serve.