Kids love Pesto more than any other meal

We already know it here at Chopsy Baby, now its official: kids love pasta more than any other meal, and they love it most with pesto.

A recent survey by Oxford Children’s Food Festival showed that the meal is more popular than pizza, chips and curry.

The final results were:

1  Pesto and Pasta
2  Macaroni Cheese
3  Toad in the Hole
4  Spaghetti Bolognese
5 Bangers and Mash
6 Chinese
7 Chicken and chips
8 Chicken Curry
9 Roast Dinners
10 Pizzas

If you haven’t tried pasta and Pesto yet, here is a simple recipe from Sacla’

Pesto all Genovese

Ingredients:

250g of linguine
250g of potatoes cut into 2cm (1in) chunks
150g of green beans, cut into 2cm (1 in) pieces
½ jar of Sacla’ Classic Pesto or Organic Green Pesto
6 tbsp of double cream or crème freche
3 tbsp of freshly grated Grana Padano cheese
Freshly ground black pepper

Method:

Bring a large pan of water to the boil and cook the potatoes for five minutes.  Add the pasta to the pan and cook for another five minutes.

Lastly add the cut beans to the pan and cook for a further two to three minutes.
Drain the pasta, potatoes and vegetables and make sure you hold back a cupful of the cooking water.

Turn it all into a heated serving dish and mix in the Sacla’ Pesto, the cream, the Grana Padano and two or three tablespoons of the cooking water.