WeightWatchers Pasta and Peas Recipe

Here’s a simple, but very delicious pasta dish with fresh green peas.

You can use other pasta types too, but tagliatelle pasta noodles are recommended, as they seem to have been made for this recipe!

For some extra taste, you can use 1 cup vegetable broth instead of the water.

Weight Watchers Pasta and Peas recipe
Makes 6 servings

Ingredients
500 g tagliatelle pasta noodles
500 g fresh peas
2 spring onions, chopped
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon parsley, chopped
1 cup water
salt (to taste)
pecorino cheese (to taste)

Preparation
1. Place the peas in a saucepan with the salt, spring onions, olive oil, parsley and water.
2. Cook them gently for 15 minutes.
3. In the meantime,cook the tagliatelle in a separate saucepan, drain them and return them to the saucepan.
4. Add the cooked peas to the tagliatelle, making sure to include the juices.
5. Mix well and serve hot with grated pecorino cheese.

How many Weight Watchers points in pasta and peas recipe?
WW POINTS per serving: 9
Nutritional information per serving: 448 calories, 10.8g fat, 7.1g fiber

Originally posted 2008-02-19 09:54:14.