Garlic vegetable gnocchi (recipe)

Ooh, I’ve had these before. I like them! – JD, 5

A quick, easy and yummy recipe for you today that’s packed with green veg.

I really don’t have time to spend hours in the kitchen during the working week – we wouldn’t eat til midnight! – so this meal is designed with minimal preparation and a lightning fast cooking time in mind.

Here’s what to do – feeds four.

Ingredients

• 2 medium carrots
• 2 medium courgette
• Bunch of asparagus
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 500g gnocci
• 50g salted butter
• 50g parmesan cheese (or a similar veggie alternative)

Instructions

1. Chop the top 10cm or so of the asparagus into 1cm pieces
2. Peel the carrots, then slice very thinly – I used a cheese slice
3. Slice the courgette very thinly
4. Crush or finely chop the garlic
5. Put the olive oil, carrots, courgette, asparagus and garlic into a large frying pan and fry over a medium heat for just a few minutes until beginning to soften, then turn the heat down to low
6. Put the gnocci into boiling, salted water and cook for 2 minutes
7. Drain the gnocci and stir into the veg with the butter and the black pepper
8. When the butter has melted, it’s ready – the veg should have a little bit of bite
9. Serve and top with freshly grated cheese

Ta da!