Healthy Eating

Simple yet stylish, chic but cheap! Pasta creates a fantastic Food Optimising meal in minutes that’s incredibly satisfying and really easy to prepare. The sky’s the limit with pasta sauces – anything goes!

If you need inspiration for perfect pasta toppings, look no further! For lots of ‘saucy’ ideas that are bursting with Free ingredients check out these delicious recipes. We haven’t put precise measurements on the Free ingredients – they’re totally unlimited so use as much as you like!

basic creamy pasta sauce

Serves: 1 or 2
Syns per serving: Free on Original and Green

ingredients

chopped onions
sliced mushrooms
mixed herbs
chopped clove of garlic
½ pint water
virtually fat free fromage frais or Quark

method

1. Put the chopped onions, sliced mushrooms, herbs and garlic into a pan with the water. Bring to the boil and let simmer for quite a while until it is reduced and caramelised.

2. Let it cool a bit and then stir in the fromage frais or Quark. Make sure the vegetables are cool enough so as not to make the fromage frais curdle.

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