TODAY’S RECIPE: Salmon pasta

SPEEDY midweek dinner. Serves: 2.

Ingredients

1 vegetable stock cube

200g penne or fusilli

100g green beans

100g smoked salmon, chopped

50g baby spinach

1 spring onion, sliced

50g soft cheese

½ lemon, juiced

1 tbsp grated parmesan

Method

1 Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil, crumble in stock cube and stir to dissolve. Tip in pasta and cook following pack instructions. Add trimmed green beans one minute before end of cooking time.

2 Drain pasta and green beans, reserving a little of the cooking water. Tip pasta and beans back into pan, stir in salmon, spinach, spring onion and soft cheese. Add a little pasta water to loosen. Season. Add lemon juice and stir well. Serve topped with parmesan.

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