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🍽️ Penne with peas, zucchini and feta

640 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 200 g green beans (frozen; thawed)
• 100 g turkey ham
• 2 zucchini
• 2 garlic cloves
• 4 sprigs mint
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 400 g whole wheat penne
• 125 g peas (freshly shelled or frozen, thawed)
• salt
• pepper
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 box cress
• 120 g feta (45% fat in dry matter)

Instructions

1. 1. Bring water to a boil and add the beans for 5 to 7 minutes.
2. 2. Remove the beans and shock them immediately with cold water.
3. 3. Let the beans drain and squeeze them out of the pods.
4. 4. Cut the ham into strips or small cubes.
5. 5. Wash the zucchini and slice it.
6. 6. Cut the zucchini slices into bite-sized pieces.
7. 7. Peel the garlic and chop it finely.
8. 8. Wash the mint and shake it dry.
9. 9. Pluck off the mint leaves.
10. 10. Chop large mint leaves and leave small ones whole.
11. 11. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a grill pan or regular frying pan.
12. 12. Fry the zucchini over medium heat for 5 minutes.
13. 13. Cook the penne in plenty of boiling salted water until al dente.
14. 14. The cooking time takes 9 to 11 minutes according to package instructions.
15. 15. Add the peas 3 minutes before the end of the pasta cooking time.
16. 16. Cook the peas together with the pasta.
17. 17. Fry the ham in a hot pan for 3 minutes over medium heat.
18. 18. Add the chopped garlic to the ham.
19. 19. Fry the garlic for 2 minutes.
20. 20. Drain the pasta and let it drain well.
21. 21. Add the pasta to the ham and toss it.
22. 22. Mix the zucchini, beans and mint into the pasta.
23. 23. Add the remaining oil.
24. 24. Warm everything briefly together.
25. 25. Season with salt, pepper and lemon juice.
26. 26. Cut the cress from the bed.
27. 27. Crumble the feta.
28. 28. Garnish the penne with feta and cress.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 640
• Protein: 34 g · Fett/Fat: 22 g · Carbs: 75 g