Creamy and flavoursome. This meals packs plenty of carbs to fuel your training.
Gluten-Free Creamy Pasta with Bacon and Zucchini
Creamy and flavoursome. This meals packs plenty of carbs to fuel your training.
Servings: 4
Calories: 440kcal
Ingredients
- 275 g gluten-free pasta (rigatoni or penne work well)
- 100 g smoke bacon medallions, thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- ½ lemon zest
- 6 spring onions thinly sliced
- 2 large zucchini/courgettes grated
- 1 cup frozen peas thawed
- 1 cup snow peas trimmed
- 200 g extra-light cream cheese (we used Philadelphia Lightest)
- 7 cups rocket
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to pack instructions until al dente. Drain, reserving ⅓ cup of the cooking water, then return the pasta to the pan.
- While the pasta is cooking, spray a large frying pan with a little oil and set over a medium-high heat. Cook the bacon, stirring occasionally, for a 3-4 minutes until golden. Add the garlic, lemon zest and spring onions. Stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the zucchini, peas and snow peas and cook for 2-3 minutes until tender. Add cream cheese and reserved pasta water and cook, stirring, over low heat to melt cream cheese.
- Add the bacon mixture to the pasta with the most of the rocket. Toss to combine and season with freshly ground black pepper.
- Divide the pasta among 4 dishes, then serve topped with the remaining rocket and an extra grind of pepper.
Although I’m not a qualified chef I do like to pretend I’m on Master Chef. I source the recipes from the stated source (not sauce) and make them by taking photos of the meal I produce for myself.
Share this post so your friends can benefit as well.
Coach Ray’s Top 10 Healthy Recipes
Grab my popular eBook Coach Ray’s Top 10 Healthy Recipes for only $7 (normal $27). It is packed full of Healthy Recipes to fuel your training, racing, and recovery. Click here to purchase.
