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Spaghetti with black olives

  • Time to make: 20 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 red capsicum
  • ½ cup pitted black olives
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil (the best you can find)
  • 400g can tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon capers (optional)
  • pepper
  • 350g dried spaghetti
  • 80g feta, crumbled
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Thinly slice garlic. Chop capsicum and cut olives in half.

    2 Heat oil in a medium pan and add garlic and capsicum. Cook gently until capsicum is soft (about 5 minutes). Add tomatoes, olives, capers and capsicum. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Season with pepper.

    3 Cook spaghetti until al dente. Drain and toss in sauce. Top with feta.

    Recipe supplied by Healthy Food Guide reader, Cathy Rogers (Whangamata) 

    Serving suggestion

    Serve with a green salad.

    Variations

    • Use mild Spanish olives if you have olive-haters in the family; they will blend in and not upset anyone. If you love olives, use kalamata or Greek olives for a stronger flavour.
    • You could easily add chicken or prawns to this to add protein, and use any other kind of pasta shapes you prefer.
    • Drizzle with a good quality olive oil to finish if you like.
    • Make it gluten free: Use gluten free pasta.

    HFG tip

    Cathy says: “This is a recipe I use once a week and which my husband and kids love. It is supposed to be a favourite pasta recipe in Italy whence it comes. I like to serve it with feta cheese diced into it, and a lovely fresh salad with a lemony oil dressing on the side.”

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