    Broccoli Pesto Pasta
A lovely quick pasta dish adapted from one on the BBCs Good Eating website with a big salad to up the veg quotient (already high) and aid digestion (it's the vinegar in the dressing you see).
Ingredients
Big handful parmesan
Big handful basil 2 medium garlic cloves Small packet pine nuts Big splash olive oil Head of broccoli Penne pasta Couple of big squeezes lemon juice S&P Big pinch chilli flakes Method/steps
1 Make pesto by toasting pine nuts and then grinding them in a mortar and pestle with the basil, half the parmesan, the garlic cloves, the chilli flakes, a squeeze of lemon, S&P, big splash olive oil
2 Put pasta in boiling salted water, cook until done 3 In the mean time, steam broccoli (7 mins) 4 Chop broccoli (I have been known to just use scissors in the steamer/pan to save burnt fingers and washing up) 5 Mix broccoli, pesto, pasta, the last of the parmesan and a squeeze of lemon. Enjoy with a nice big salad to finish. Reviews
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