Ten Minute Meal
After a tough day at the office and a stressful drive home in peak hour traffic many busy people just can’t face getting out the pots and pans and cooking a meal. Geoff Jansz has a clever solution to that problem – a quick pasta dish that doesn’t involve much cooking, but is nutritious and very tasty.
Ingredients
- good quality, interesting pasta
- red onion
- tomato
- red capsicum
- ham
- parsley
- good quality olive oil
- olives, for garnish
- parmesan cheese, for garnish
Method
- boil pasta in plenty of salted water
- chop the red onion, red capsicum, tomato, ham and parsley
- drain the pasta, and while it is still hot, toss it through the vegetables and allow the heat of the pasta to cook them
- toss through some good quality olive oil
- spoon out pasta with some of the vegetables on top
- garnish with chopped olives and grated parmesan cheese