Baby Marrows & Bacon with Pesto

Name: Baby Marrows & Bacon with Pesto
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: salt and pepper to taste; 2 Tbsp basil pesto; 1 Tbsp toasted sesame seeds; 450 g baby marrows, sliced on the diagonal; olive oil for grilling; 4 Tbsp chopped bacon; 2 Tbsp double thick plain yoghurt

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

All Sorts of Healthy Dishes

By Chantal Lascaris

Published 2017

About

ALTHOUGH WE REFER TO THIS SUMMER SQUASH AS ‘BABY MARROW’, IN EUROPE IT’S MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS ZUCCHINI OR COURGETTE. IT’S VERY LOW IN CALORIES AND CONTAINS NO SATURATED FATS OR CHOLESTEROL. THE SKIN IS ALSO A HEALTHY SOURCE OF DIETARY FIBRE.

Ingredients

4 Tbsp chopped bacon
450 g baby marrows, sliced on the diagonal
olive oil for grilling

Side dish
Summer
Gluten-free

Method

Cook the bacon (in a frying pan or microwave) until crispy.
Grill the baby marrows in a griddle pan with a little olive oil until griddle lines appear on the slices. Remove and place on a platter.
Scatter the bacon bits on top.
Finally, scatter the sesame seeds over and season to taste.
Mix the basil pesto and yoghurt together.