One Pot Healthy Lemon Pasta
Servings: 4 People
Ingredients
- 16 oz Spaghetti
- 2 cup Reserved Pasta Water
- 4 Tbsp Olive Oil Use a good extra virgin
- 1-1ΒΌ cup Parmesan Grated
- 2 ea Lemons
- 3-5 ea Garlic Cloves
- 2 oz Basil leaves Torn
- to taste Salt and Pepper
- 1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes (optional)
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Before draining pasta set aside 2 cups of the water that was used to cook the pasta.
- While pasta is cooking zest both lemons and juice both. Then mince the garlic and tear basil leaves.
- Heat pot over medium heat and add the oil and garlic. Cook until fragrant about 1 min. Then add pasta to pot and take off the heat.
- Add the lemon zest and juice then grated parmesan. Add 1/2 of the reserved pasta water and stir to combine. If the sauce is too thick add pasta water 1 Tbsp at a time until desired consistency is reached.
- Serve with fresh torn basil on top and enjoy!