Description: The combination of feta and avocado are divine. It goes so well with pasta. Just boil the pasta and mix it. Leave it in the fridge to cool down before serving. This is an amazing dish in summer.
Serves: 2
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
- Avocado medium – cut in small pieces 120g or 1 piece
- Fusilli pasta – 140g
- Olive oil – 1 tablespoon
- Salt – 1 dash
- Ground black pepper – according to preference
- Feta cheese – crumbled 80g
- Fresh parsley – chopped, 1 tablespoon
- Lemon – ½ wedge (optional), according to your preference
Method
1. Cook the pasta until al dente in plenty of boiling water with salt.
2. When pasta is boiled, add the avocado, feta cheese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 517.1 | 15.9g | 25.7g | 59.0g | 6.7g | 2.9g | 1.4g | 6.8g | 0.7mg | 6.5mg | 1.3mg |
| 25.9% | 31.8% | 36.7% | 22.7% | 22.2% | 3.3% | 22.7% | 33.8% | 67.2% | 49.9% | 44.4% |
Nutritional Tips
Pasta is generally low in fat as pasta on its own. However, typically pasta comes with sauce and depending on types of the sauce, fats can be added easily and increase the energy density of the plate. The typical sample is carbonara which I love. Cheese, bacon or creams are high in energy.
However, the types of fat coming from this pasta are mostly from olive oil and avocado which are considered as “healthy fat”. These are called Monounsaturated fatty acids, abbreviated to MUFA in many cases.
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