Cooking with Mary - Ready, Steady....Starving

A quick look in the fridge tells me that I made an error in the number of courgettes I recently purchased.  So I did a little search for a suitable recipe to use them up in.  I found this... courgette tagliatelle.

However I don't have a handy Waitrose here, so I had to improvise the ingredients.  I didn't have fresh thyme, creme fresh, or fresh lemon.

What I used:

• basics spaghetti
• jar pesto
• basics Italian hard cheese
• squeezy garlic
• red onion
• courgettes
• and...... Activia Greek style lemon flavor yoghurt.

How to make it:

• slice the courgettes - or food process them to get thin slices
• chop the onion, and gently fry in a shallow pan.
• add the courgettes, a spoon of pesto and a squeeze of garlic.
• boil the kettle, and cook the pasta in the normal way.
• when the vegetable is softened add a yogurt and a handful of grated hard cheese.
• Warm it through, and season generously.
• spoon the sauce over the cooked pasta to serve.

It might sound a little strange, but honestly it works.  Its fairly low in fat, as the amount used to soften the onion and courgette was tiny, as was the portions of pesto and cheese. It was also quick to prepare which I was glad of because I was so hungry.