If you are starting to get a bit of a glut of courgettes, give this quick and easy pasta dish a try.

You’ll need (for 2 people):

• 200g of your favourite dried pasta shapes
• 1 regular sized courgette
• 1 packet of pine nuts (100g)
• 1 packet of feta cheese (200g)
• 1 medium / large unwaxed lemon
• Pepper to taste

The cooking of the pasta is the rate determining step in preparing this meal. Once you have prepped your other ingredients they only take about 5 minutes to cook, so get the pasta going first, and time it so that everything is ready together.

1. Put a large pan of water on to boil to cook your pasta, once boiling add your pasta and cook according to the manufacturers instructions.
2. While the water is coming to the boil and the pasta is starting to cook, prepare you courgette. Top and tail, and then cut length-ways and then length-ways again so that you have 4 spears. Cut each spear into bite sized pieces.
3. Zest and juice the lemon and keep to one side.
4. Chop the feta into cubes and keep to one side.
5. Using a frying pan or similar heat and little oil and add the pine nuts and roast them gently until they start to brown.
6. Add the chopped courgettes and continue to roast with the pine nuts.
7. Once the courgettes are cooked, add a good grind of pepper and then add the lemon juice and zest and mix well to combine.
8. Turn off the heat under the pine nut & courgette mix, and add the feta and stir together.
9. Drain the pasta and serve, add the pine nut mix on top (alternatively add the drained pasta to the pine nut and courgette mix and combine).
10. Eat!