Wholemeal pasta with beans and walnut sauce

Serves: 4

Time to make: 15 mins

Total cost: $16.18 / $4.05 per serve

(at time of publication)

Ingredients

400g wholemeal pasta
salt
225g beans (fresh or frozen)
1 tablespoon butter or oil
1 small onion, chopped
125g button mushrooms, sliced
125g ham, chopped
140g walnuts, chopped
freshly ground black pepper
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
150g lite cream cheese, mixed with 100ml plain yoghurt and fresh herbs of your choice

Instructions

1 Cook the pasta in boiling salted water according to directions on the packet. Add beans 5 minutes before you’re finished cooking.

2 While this is cooking, melt the butter and gently sauté the onion. Add the mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes while stirring. Add the ham and half the walnuts.

3 Drain the pasta and beans well and stir into the nut mixture. Season well and add the mustard and cheese/yoghurt mixture. Heat gently, turning with a fork until evenly mixed and the pasta is coated in the sauce.

4 Put into a warmed dish and finely chop the remaining walnuts and scatter over the top. Serve warm.

Recipe supplied by Healthy Food Guide reader, Loretta Card (Meremere)

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Kilojoules 2750kJ

Calories 655cal

Protein 32g

Total fat 29.1g

–Saturated fat 6.9g

Carbohydrates 68.3g

–Sugars 9.4g

Dietary fibre 17.3g

Sodium 665mg

Calcium 285mg

Iron 5.6mg

Note: Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. For a guide to purchasing healthier packaged goods and general grocery items see here.

HFG tip

Loretta says: “This is a quick and easy dish that’s great for a special dinner. I sometimes use peanuts instead of walnuts which makes a totally different flavour – it’s more like a satay sauce.”

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