Italian pastasciutta, one-plate meal

Hi, today we have prepared a special first course made with spaghetti, raw ham (S. Daniele) and different vegetables. It’s very tasty and this is the recipe …

Ingredients / Serves 2

160 g (5.6 oz) spaghetti

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

100 g (3.5 oz) raw ham

1 200 g (7 oz) aubergine (eggplant), cubed with its skin

3 medium size ripe tomatoes (about 300 g – 10.6 oz), chopped

1 50 g (1.8 oz) fresh young onion, finely chopped

1 tablespoon dried chives

1 tablespoon dried parsley

Salt

Cook pasta, al dente, according to the instructions on the package.

Meanwhile prepare the sauce. In a wok put the olive oil, cubed aubergine and onion. Sauté for ten minutes, stirring frequently. Then add the chopped tomatoes and aromatic herbs. Increase the heat and cook for other few minutes stirring now and then. Switch off the gas.

Cut the ham into thin strips.

Drain pasta and pour in the wok. Cook for only a minute stirring and adding the ham strips few seconds before switching off the gas.

Your dish is ready! mmm … Yummy!

Nutrition facts (amount per serving)

kCal 642 kJ 2686

Protein 21.6 g

Total fat 32.9 g

Total carbohydrate 72.9 g Sugars 13.2 g

Fibres 11.0 g

After this delicious one-plate meal we have eaten a green salad made with our organic salad (150 g – 5.5 oz), 300 g (7 oz) of melon, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and a pinch of salt.

These are nutrition facts of our green salad (amount per serving)

kCal 80 kJ 333

Protein 1.6 g

Total fat 5.4 g

Total carbohydrate 6.5 g Sugars 6.5

Fibres 1.4 g

No wine, no bread because this meal is reach in total carbohydrate

Total nutrition facts are:

kCal 722 kJ 3019

Protein 23.2 g

Total fat 38.3

Total carbohydrate 79.4 g Sugars 19.7 g

Fibres 12.4 g

Greetings from Italy

Carlo & Loretta