CARBONARA🍝😍🇮🇹
I meaaaan, do I have to say any more? One of my all time fave meals. When I went to Rome in 2016 I learnt that Italian carbonara is not made with cream, which I think is a common misconception! It is actually made with minimal ingredients, high in protein and very low in dairy (if you’re a sensitive gal like myself🤓) I don’t eat pork so used smoked turkey bacon and honestly it was amazing! Much lower in fat than regular bacon which shaves off a load of the calories. (EG a carbonara is around 900 cals in a restaurant, this comes in at just over 600!)
You need (serves 2):
Dry spaghetti (I usually aim for around 80g dry spaghetti per person)
Olive oil
2 cloves garlic
5 smoked turkey bacon rashers
2 eggs (a lot of people use just the yolk but that makes no sense to me! Why waste the extra protein and waste food in general?😅)
25g parmesan
20g vegan cream cheese (totally optional and didn’t make much of a difference when I used it!)
Fresh parsley
Pink salt and black pepper
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Put your spaghetti on as per packet instructions (make sure to salt the water)
Put a good drizzle of olive oil in a pan with 2 crushed cloves garlic, cook for about 30 seconds and then add the turkey bacon, cut it into small cubes.
Whisk 2 eggs with 25g parmesan and set it aside. Once the spaghetti is done, use tongs to add it into the pan with the garlic and bacon, you want some of the water to go in as well! (Don’t pour the water away)
Mix it all together and then turn off the heat. Add the whisked egg and parmesan and mix together thoroughly, depending on the consistency add a bit of the pasta water in to make it loose and glossy! Season well, add your fresh parsley and serve😍 absolutely INCRED. You’ll love this one!
620 cals
40g protein
84g carbs
13g fat