Poached egg on veggie pasta

Poached egg on veggie pasta
  • Prep: 1 mins
  • Cook: 10 mins
A quick and easy egg and veggie pasta meal for babies and nutritionally balanced. There’s high quality protein, important vitamins such as vitamin D, minerals including iodine, and omega-3 fats from the egg and the pasta provides carbohydrate and the tomatoes some vitamin C . Suitable from six months.

Ingredients

  • 1 medium British Lion egg
  • A handful of fusilli pasta
  • A few cherry tomatoes, quartered

Method

  1. Cook the pasta as per the pack instructions.
  2. Meanwhile, use a deep, large pan to poach an egg. Fill it with plenty of water. Bring the water to the boil and use a slotted spoon to create a whirlpool in the water. Crack the egg into the middle of the whirlpool. 
  3. Let the egg set for 3-5 minutes depending on how runny you want it. You can use a slotted spoon to take it out and lightly squeeze it to test. 
  4. Remove the poached egg from the boiling water using a slotted spoon and place on kitchen paper to drain.
  5. Put the cooked pasta and tomato into the child’s bowl and mix, then top with the poached egg and serve.
     

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