Sardine and tomato pasta
- Age: 18–24 months (Toddler meals)
- Texture: Family meal
- Prep: 6 min
- Cook: 20 min
- Makes: 2 adults and 2 children
Ingredients
- 200 g pasta shapes
- 1 tin sardines in olive oil, no added salt
- 400 g passata, no added salt
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 squeeze lemon
- a handful parsley
Contains: Wheat, Fish
Method
- Soften the onion; add the passata and simmer 10 minutes.
- Remove the sardines' backbones, mash the flesh, and stir into the sauce with the lemon and parsley.
- Toss with the pasta. Serve your child's; salt the adults'.
Safety: Backbones out; tin without added salt. Serve your child's portion first, then salt the rest for the adults. Under three, the daily limit is about 2 g of salt in total.
Storage: Fridge 1 day.
Tip: The cheapest oily fish dinner there is, and one of the best for omega-3 and calcium.
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