The Most Comforting Easy Pasta Recipe You Need to Try!

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories

Cook 400 g of pasta shells in a large pan of boiling salted water for 1 minute less than the packet instructions.

In a large frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat.

Add 160 g of bacon lons to the frying pan and fry for about 5 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden.

Remove the bacon from the pan with a slotted spoon, leaving the oil behind.

Add a finely diced onion to the pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring often, until soft.

Drain the pasta, reserving a cup of the cooking water.

Add 2 minced cloves of garlic to the pan with the onion and cook for a further minute.

Stir a chicken stock cube into the cup of reserved pasta water.

Add the cooked pasta to the pan with the onions, plus half of the stock-flavored cooking water.

Pour in 120 ml of double cream and add 150 g of frozen peas; stir everything together and heat through for 2 minutes, stirring often.

Add 75 g of grated Parmesan cheese and stir until melted, adding more pasta cooking water if needed to loosen the sauce.

Return the cooked bacon to the pan and cook for a further 1 to 2 minutes until the bacon is hot.

Dish the pasta into bowls and sprinkle with black pepper and freshly chopped parsley.

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