{"id":198842,"date":"2019-03-13T10:30:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T08:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=198842"},"modified":"2019-03-13T08:03:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T06:03:41","slug":"30-minute-meals-pasta-snap-peas-basil-spinach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/2019\/03\/13\/30-minute-meals-pasta-snap-peas-basil-spinach\/","title":{"rendered":"30-minute meals: Pasta with snap peas, basil and spinach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This dish will leave your family\u2019s pallets satisfied without you spending hours in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coarse salt.<\/li>\n<li>Ground black pepper.<\/li>\n<li>One packet pasta.<\/li>\n<li>Three clove garlic.<\/li>\n<li>230g snap peas.<\/li>\n<li>280g baby spinach.<\/li>\n<li>Half a cup fresh basil leaves.<\/li>\n<li>One cup cream.<\/li>\n<li>85g Parmesan cheese.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/198353\/30-minute-meals-ravioli-sausage-brussels-sprouts\/\" target=\"_blank\">30-minute meals: Ravioli with sausage and Brussels sprouts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What to do:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta and garlic one minute less than package instructions. Add snap peas and cook 30 seconds. Add spinach and basil and stir once to wilt. Reserve half a cup pasta water, then drain.<\/p>\n<p>Add cream to pot and heat over medium-high until bubbling. Return pasta mixture and a quarter cup pasta water to pot and cook, stirring, two minutes. Stir in Parmesan and, if necessary, add the remaining pasta water to create a light sauce that coats pasta. Season with salt and pepper.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='aa429cddab454aa6d3e8efb439873af6'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pasta dishes always go down well with the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":198843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton local media","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3686],"tags":[8920,10045,7795,1083,25170,20936,8000,18465,25335],"class_list":["post-198842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-news","tag-cooking","tag-cooking-pasta","tag-easy-cooking","tag-food","tag-midweek-cooking","tag-midweek-meals","tag-pasta","tag-quick-meals","tag-recpipe"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["cooking","cooking pasta","Easy Cooking","food","midweek cooking","midweek meals","pasta","quick meals","recpipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}