Recipe of Speedy Creamy Green Leek & Pea Pasta

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This is a creamy and delicious green pasta that doesn't take much effort to whip together. To a large pot on high heat, add the olive oil, and when hot, add in the garlic, green onion, leek, jalapeño. All Reviews for Creamy Potato Leek Soup II. Turn off use of cookies for targeted advertising on this website.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have creamy green leek & pea pasta using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Green Leek & Pea Pasta:

1. Prepare 1 tbsp (15 ml) olive oil
2. Make ready 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
3. Get 2 stalks green onions, thinly sliced
4. Get 1 large leek, green tops removed, tailed, halved, washed, thinly sliced
5. Take 1 jalapeño, de-seeded, minced
6. Make ready 1 large head broccoli, outer fibrous layer of stem removed, chopped into small pieces, green tops cut into florets
7. Get 1 tsp (5 g) salt
8. Prepare 225 g frozen peas
9. Prepare 100 g frozen spinach
10. Prepare 1/2 tsp dried basil
11. Make ready 1/4 tsp dried oregano
12. Take 1/4 tsp dried mint (optional)
13. Take 400 g fusilli pasta, or other pasta of choice (GF if desired)
14. Take 250 ml plant-based cooking cream (we used soy, but you could use oat or almond if GF)
15. Get 1 tbsp (15 ml) lemon juice (the juice from about ½ a lemon)

It would be a perfect starter, or even a meal in itself, since it is fairly rich. It's perfect for a holiday or elegant dinner party! Add some fresh crusty bread, new butter, and a green salad - maybe some good cheese too - and you have yourself a light meal. Pour the cream and garlic evenly over the leeks.

Instructions to make Creamy Green Leek & Pea Pasta:

1. Cut the stem off the head of broccoli. Cut away the fibrous outer layer of the stem. Chop the remaining stem into bite-sized pieces. The green tops of the broccoli can be cut into small bite-sized pieces.
2. To a large pot on high heat, add the olive oil, and when hot, add in the garlic, green onion, leek, jalapeño, broccoli stems, and salt. Note, the salt here helps to draw the water our of the veggies, which helps it all cook faster. Cook this for 5 minutes, or until the leeks become soft and translucent.
3. Then add the peas, spinach, basil, oregano, and mint, cooking for another 5 - 6 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the package instructions, adding the broccoli florets in the last couple minutes. Just before draining it all, scoop out 120 ml cooking water from pasta and add to the veggie pan. Then drain the pasta and broccoli florets.
5. Add the cooking cream to the veggie pot, and stir to combine. You can leave this pasta sauce chunky as is, or make it smooth by blending it all up using an immersion blender or standing blender. We chose to blend about half of ours with an immersion blender, making it part-chunky and part-smooth.
6. Add the pasta and broccoli to the sauce, along with the lemon juice, and toss to coat.
7. Serve while hot, alongside some lemon wedges and garnished with fresh basil leaves.

Add some fresh crusty bread, new butter, and a green salad - maybe some good cheese too - and you have yourself a light meal. Pour the cream and garlic evenly over the leeks. Cover the leeks with a piece of parchment cut to fit Bake the leeks until the thickest ends are tender all the way through when pierced with a paring knife. Green Lentils Leek meal - Meat Free Monday. It is Monday and another exciting week is starting.

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