{"id":375,"date":"2001-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-09-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/food-complete-low-cal-dinner-featuring-lemon-basil-pasta\/"},"modified":"2001-09-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-09-08T00:00:00","slug":"food-complete-low-cal-dinner-featuring-lemon-basil-pasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/food-complete-low-cal-dinner-featuring-lemon-basil-pasta\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete Low-Cal Dinner Featuring Lemon-Basil Pasta"},"content":{"rendered":"
This recipe for Ricotta and Lemon-Basil Pasta, along with the green beans (below) will help you get a fresh start on eating right. And it's family friendly: you need less than 20 minutes to get the entire menu on the table.<\/p>\n
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 12 minutes
Makes 4 servings<\/p>\n
Make sure to reserve some of the cooking water before you drain the pasta. It will add flavor and help thicken the sauce.<\/p>\n
Ingredients:<\/strong> Instructions:<\/strong> 2. Combine ricotta, next 5 ingredients (through pepper), and reserved cooking liquid in a large bowl. Add the pasta, and toss to combine. Garnish with lemon wedges, if desired. Serve immediately. (Serving size: 1 cup)<\/p>\n Nutrition:<\/strong> Green Beans With Toasted Almonds<\/strong><\/p>\n Preheat oven to 350°. Toast 1\/4 cup sliced almonds in oven about 5 minutes or until fragrant and golden. In a large saute pan, melt 2 teaspoons butter, and add 1 (12-ounce) bag trimmed beans to the pan; saute 5–7 minutes. Toss almonds with green beans, season with salt and pepper, and serve hot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This recipe for Ricotta and Lemon-Basil Pasta, along with the green beans (below) will help you get a fresh start on eating right. And it's family friendly: you need less than 20 minutes to get the entire menu on the table. Prep: 5 minutesCook: 12 minutesMakes 4 servings Make sure to reserve some of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[21],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
8 ounces uncooked pasta, such as seashell or campanelle
1 cup (8 ounces) part-skim ricotta cheese
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1\/4 cup chopped fresh basil
3\/4 teaspoon salt
1\/2 teaspoon pepper
Lemon wedges (optional)<\/p>\n
1. Cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain, reserving 1\/4 cup cooking liquid.<\/p>\n
Calories 273 (13% from fat); Fat 4g (sat 2g, mono 0g, poly 0g); Cholesterol 20mg; Protein 15g; Carbohydrate 46g; Sugars 3g; Fiber 2g; Iron 2mg; Sodium 363mg; Calcium 116mg<\/p>\n