RECIPE: Prawns and Creamy Avocado Spelt Pasta

Forget calorie counting, a diet based on consuming healthy carbohydrates offers the best chance of keeping off the kilos according to a new study.That's right and Zoe Bingley-Pullin believes that the key to putting this in to practice is by following a Mediterranean style diet.

Prep time: 5-10 minutes

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

• 300g of prawns, cooked and peeled

• 2 ripe avocados, chopped

• Juice of 1 lemon

• 1 garlic gloves, chopped

• 1 tbsp olive oil

• 1 tbsp full fat natural yoghurt

• 1 tsp of honey

• 2 cups of spelt pasta, spirals

• Flat leaf parsley, chopped (for serving)

Method:

Add all of the ingredients, apart from the prawns, into a food processor, and pulse into a creamy consistency.

Cook the spelt pasta until slight more than aldente and place in a serving bowl and mix through a little olive oil.

Spoon through the avocado sauce, add the prawns and serve with a little parsley on top.

Utensils:

• Food processor

• Spoons

• Mixing bowl

• Juicer

• Serving bowl

Tags Zoe Bingley-Pullin Recipe diet mediterranean