{"id":7953,"date":"2014-08-04T15:40:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T13:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/responsive.jozikids.co.za\/zaparents\/?p=7953"},"modified":"2022-08-11T16:56:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T14:56:30","slug":"avo-basil-pasta-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/lifestyle\/food-recipes\/avo-basil-pasta-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Avo basil wholewheat pasta recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a quick, satisfying, super healthy meal idea that can be eaten as an alternative to a cream based pasta. It\u2019s creamy and crunchy and just utterly delicious!<\/p>\n<h2>Avo basil pasta Ingredients:<\/h2>\n<p>\u2022 2 cups cooked whole-wheat pasta<br \/>\n\u2022 1 ripe avo<br \/>\n\u2022 1-2 cloves of fresh garlic (you can roast this if you like)<br \/>\n\u2022 1 handful fresh basil (washed)<br \/>\n\u2022 The juice of half a lemon<br \/>\n\u2022 Salt and pepper to taste<br \/>\n\u2022 \u00bd red onion (for garnish)<br \/>\n\u2022 Splash of canola oil\/ butter<\/p>\n<h3>Methods:<\/h3>\n<p>1. Cook the whole-wheat pasta in salted water until al dente.<br \/>\n2. Fry the red onion until caramelized, put aside for garnish.<br \/>\n3. Blend the avo, garlic, basil and lemon juice until a creamy paste is formed. (Tip: put the lemon in the microwave for a few seconds, this will ensure you get maximal juice when squeezed).<br \/>\n4. Mix the blended avo and warm whole-wheat pasta together, season to taste and garnish.<br \/>\n5. Serve immediately (does not reheat well as fresh avo is used). Serves 2.<br \/>\n6. Enjoy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/extra-murals\/cooking-and-baking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to find cooking and baking classes for kids, teens and adults in Gauteng.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Note: If you enjoyed this article, and would like to stay updated with more, you can:<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><i><\/i><span class=\"s1\"><i>Subscribe to our free weekly Jozikids\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/member-registration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>newsletter<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0 for parents in Gauteng<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><i><\/i><span class=\"s1\"><i>Like us on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jozikids.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Facebook<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><i><\/i><span class=\"s1\"><i>Follow us on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/Jozikids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>instagram<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a quick, satisfying, super healthy meal idea that can be eaten as an alternative to a cream based pasta. It\u2019s creamy and crunchy and just utterly delicious!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":351747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-recipes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}