The Best Healthy Pasta Recipe Ever

Green Turbo Veg Pasta – recipe below

This gloriously, healthy green pasta makes such a fabulous quick and easy dinner. The pasta is covered in a rich sauce made from broccoli and spinach, and the finished off with a chorizo crumble and loads of parm – enjoy x John

Serves 2

240g broccoli florets
120g spinach
200g rigatoni
60g chorizo
30g bread no crusts
2 tsp olive oil
A handful of basil leaves
1 clove garlic
60g cream cheese
10g grated Parm, plus extra for serving

1. Boil the broccoli for 3-4 minutes until just tender. Add the spinach and cook for 10 seconds. Drain and give a blast of cold water to set the colour. If you use a slotted spoon, you can use the same water to cook the pasta.
2. Cook the pasta for 8-10 minutes, as directed on the packet or until al dente. Scoop out some of the pasta water and drain.
3. Whilst the pasta cooks, pop the chorizo and bread into a mini chopped and blitz into a fine crumb.
4. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add the chorizo crumb. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 7-8 minutes until golden and crispy. Add a little salt if it needs it.
5. Chuck the broccoli, spinach, basil, garlic and 100ml of the pasta water into a blender. Blitz until smooth and transfer back into the saucepan. Add the cream cheese and season to taste with salt and pepper. Add the pasta and toss together.
6. Divide between two bowls. Top each with loads of the chorizo crumbs, plenty of Parm and dive on in.