Description: Great pasta when it’s hot. Suitable for vegan and vegetarian.
Serves: 2
Cooking time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

• Avocado medium – cut in small pieces 120g or 1 piece
• Fusilli pasta – 140g
• Cherry tomatoes – 8 pieces or 50g
• Black olives – 10 pieces or 15g
• Olive oil – 1 tablespoon
• Salt – 1 dash
• Ground black pepper – according to preference

Method

1. Cook the pasta until al dente in plenty of boiling water with salt.
2. Meanwhile, add ½ tablespoon of olive oil and crush the avocado in the bowl to make the paste. 
3. When pasta is boiled, add the rest of the avocado, tomatoes, pasta, salt, black pepper and ½ tablespoon of olive oil in the same bowl and mix well. 

To serve: Sprinkle additional ground black pepper

Nutritional Values Per Serving

Kcal	Protein	Fat	Carbs	Fibre	Sugars	Salt	Saturated Fat	Vitamin B2	Vitamin B3	Vitamin E
417.9	10.2g	17.8g	57.8g	6.8g	3.6g	0.4g	1.4g	0.4mg	6.2mg	1.4mg
20.9%	20.3%	25.5%	22.2%	22.8%	3.9%	6.2%	7.2%	36.5%	47.6%	45.9%

Nutritional Tips

Avocados are actually fruits. They are rich in fibre and mono-unsaturated fatty acids (MUFA). The main types of fat found in food are saturated fats and unsaturated fats. Avocado and olive oil contain MUFA. So MUFA has 1 double bond.

MUFA helps protect your heart. It helps maintain HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) and reduce LDL cholesterol  (bad cholesterol) in your blood. This means it reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease including heart attack and stroke. Therefore, it is important to note that not all fats are bad and some are beneficial to our health. 

Saturated FAs (SFA): no double bonds
Monounsaturated FAs (MUFA):1 double bond (2 missing hydrogen atoms)
Polyunsaturated FAs (PUFA): 2 or more double bonds (4 or more missing hydrogen atoms)