This pasta dish is a great way to get your vegetable and carb allotment out of the way, and it tastes delicious! Serve with seared scallops or with a light white fish.
MASHED PEAS AND LEMON CHARD PASTA
Ingredients:
1 large bunch of chard
EVOO
Lemon zest
Fresh peas (measure beforehand for veggie grams)
Penne Pasta (measure after cooked)
Process:
Zest one lemon. Chop chard (leaves should be larger than stems) and sauté with a little olive oil. Add lemon zest at the last minute. In the meantime boil pasta and peas. Remove peas after a minute or two and drain almost all water (leaving half a cup). Mash coarsely.
Drain pasta and serve on plate. Add mashed peas and chard.