Cook the pasta in salted water until al dente - not super soft
While the pasta is cooking, simply mix the sauce ingredients together, excluding the peas.
When the pasta is almost cooked, toss in the peas for a couple of minutes.
Drain the pasta and peas.
Mix the sauce through and leave in the pan to warm through in the residual heat for a moment. Serve immediately
Notes
If you are following the meal planner for week two, please make sure you measure the soft cheese, there is only just enough of that for the week.
Variations
I loved this just as it was. If you are not a fan of the strong flavour, try using less tomato paste and fewer olives, or leave out the olives altogether If you have vegetables other than peas you would like to use up, this would accomodate all kinds of things.
Grated carrot, swede or parsnip,
some shredded spinach from the garden,
runner beans like I used,
broccoli or cauliflower (raw or cooked),
fine chopped celery,
sliced mushrooms, what have you really.
If you think it will taste good, bung it in. In the spring, there will be wild ransoms (wild garlic), they would be lovely in this.
Right now, you could forage mushrooms which would be very special, but please be careful that you know what you are picking.
If you have anything that would make a salad, you could serve that as a side, or maybe some garlic bread, or how about some crispy buttery crumbs, maybe with some rosemary fine chopped through, or some crunchy croutons, plain or flavoured sprinkled over the top.This is in Meal Plan 1, a complete 7 day plan for 2 adults. Contains 3 meals a day, plus snacks , all recipes and a shopping listGot a great recipe? How about submitting it to appear on Thrifty Lesley!