By Gav on 2025-04-11 10:31:30

Type: vegan-low-calorie

Spicy spaghetti with garlic mushrooms

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 15 mins

A low fat, fail-safe pasta dish that proves that it's just as easy to whip up a meal as it is to turn on the microwave

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 250g pack chestnut mushroom

thickly sliced

• 1 garlic clove

thinly sliced

• small bunch parsley

leaves only

• 1 celery

stick, finely chopped

• 1 onion

finely chopped

• 400g can chopped tomato
• 1⁄2 red chilli

deseeded and finely chopped, (or use drieds chilli flakes)

• 300g spaghetti

Method

• step 1

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan, add the mushrooms, then fry over a high heat for 3 mins until golden and softened. Add the garlic, fry for 1 min more, then tip into a bowl with the parsley. Add the onion and celery to the pan with the rest of the oil, then fry for 5 mins until lightly coloured.

• step 2

Stir in the tomatoes, chilli and a little salt, then bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 10 mins until thickened. Meanwhile, boil the spaghetti, then drain. Toss with the sauce, top with the garlicky mushrooms, then serve.

 

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal346
• fat7g
• saturates1g
• carbs62g
• sugars7g
• fibre5g
• protein12g
• salt0.35g