Zucchini, chickpea and semi-dried tomato pasta

This delicious Mediterranean pasta dish is vegetarian friendly and only 11 ProPoints per serve.

Ingredients (serves 4)

250g wholemeal penne pasta
2 tsp olive oil
1 red onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 zucchini, thinly sliced
1 tsp finely grated lemon rind
¼ cup (60ml) lemon juice
2 x 400g cans chickpeas, rinsed, drained
1⁄3 cup (50g) fat-free semi-dried tomatoes
1⁄3 cup (25g) finely grated parmesan cheese

Method

Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling salted water, following packet instructions, or until just tender. Drain. Return to pan.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until softened. Add garlic and zucchini and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until zucchini is just tender. Add rind, juice, chickpeas and tomatoes and stir until hot.
Add zucchini mixture to pasta. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Serve hot or cold sprinkled with parmesan.

Notes

To transport this meal, place the pasta mixture in an airtight container before adding the parmesan. Place parmesan in a snap-lock bag. Transport in a chiller bag and keep chilled until required. Reheat in microwave (if desired) and sprinkle with parmesan just before serving.

15 Comments

- - mom112023 said
  - 02 May 2017
    2:28 pm
I will give this a go. Looks good. Thanks.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 20 Jan 2017
    1:05 pm
weight watchers recipes are awesome. I can eat them knowing they are good for me, and they always work!

- - Dreaming mummy said
  - 06 Nov 2016
    8:44 am
Yum, sounds like a nice fresh summer pasta. It’s always good finding recipes without meat, it’s become quite expensive having meat every night.

- - Melissa89 said
  - 31 Jul 2016
    12:47 am
This looks amazing

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 30 Jun 2016
    12:45 am
Ooh I like this one. Full of flavour and inline with my aims to shed a few kgs

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 22 May 2016
    9:22 am
love a great simple and tasty pasta dish!

- - mom57619 said
  - 26 Feb 2016
    9:05 pm
Another addition for the lunch box I think.

- - Nas01 said
  - 17 Feb 2016
    1:53 pm
Yum this looks amazing!! I’m going to make it and add a little avocado on top.

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 15 Dec 2015
    7:44 pm
perfectly healthy and wholesome meal for my family lunchboxes

- - mom94125 said
  - 12 Nov 2015
    11:19 am
this looks really good.i love weight watchers recipe ideas. they are great. i will enjoy making this one i think. this looks like a really good recipe for christmas especially so you can eat it and not feel regret on boxing day lol.
- mom94125 replied
  
  01 Dec 2015 , 2:04 pm
  thanks mum’s and weight watcher’s. so many great recipe suggestions so that christmas won’t leave me feeling guilty about eating
- - mom94378 said
  - 09 Nov 2015
    10:47 am
This is quality.

- - Klsmith91 said
  - 06 Nov 2015
    10:11 am
I made this last night! So yummy!

- - mom112217 said
  - 05 Nov 2015
    9:22 am
Looks delicious and healthy,also great the next day for lunch!

- - mom90758 said
  - 03 Nov 2015
    2:09 pm
There are so many healthy and delicious recipes in Mouths of Mums lately!