Easy Avocado Pasta

• servings: 4 servings
• active time: 5 minutes
• total time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

8 ounces dry pasta

1 large ripe avocado

1 medium tomato, diced

1 green onion, finely sliced

¼ teaspoon finely grated garlic

Juice from a quarter of a lemon

Salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste

Directions

Cook pasta: Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Cook your pasta following the package instructions. Reserve 1/2 cup of hot pasta water before draining the pasta.

Make sauce: While the pasta cooks, mash the avocado in a large bowl. Stir in garlic, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Add ¼ cup of the reserved pasta water to the avocado mixture and stir.

To finish: Add the cooked pasta, tomatoes, and green onion to the bowl. Toss everything together until the sauce evenly coats the pasta. Add a little more pasta water to thin out the sauce if needed.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: About 1 cup, 1/4 of the
• Calories: 295
• Total Fat: 7.7g
• Saturated Fat: 1.5g
• Cholesterol: 5.1mg
• Sodium: 593.4mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 47.4g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.6g
• Total Sugars: 2.7g
• Protein: 9.6g