Simple Summer Pasta

I made this really simple pasta dish for dinner this week with my flatmate. It is so nearly beginning to feel like summer is on the way here, so I was being optimistic with my food choices!

This began in my head as whole-wheat spaghetti with pesto. Over the course of cooking, my flatmate and I raided our fridge to add spinach, peas, mozzarella and tomatoes. The mozzarella and cherry tomatoes in particular are what I feel makes this feel like summer is on the horizon.

I started by cooking the pasta. When it was about 5 minutes from being ready, I put 4 blocks of frozen spinach in, followed 2 minutes later by the peas - it is so easy to cook them all in one pan and saves on washing up (always an important factor for me!).

Drain the spaghetti, then add a few teaspoons of pesto in, enough to ensure that the spagetti is lightly coated. Then dish up into bowls, adding the mozzarella and tomatoes on top. This is really a recipe where you can improvise and add or take away ingredients as you wish. This perfectly satisfied my summer meal cravings and felt healthy and fresh at the same time!