Buttered Parmesan Noodles with Garlic Crumb

Name: Buttered Parmesan Noodles with Garlic Crumb
Prep time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: *Crumb**; 30 g breadcrumbs (fresh or dried); 1 tbsp garlic-infused oil; *Noodles**; 300 g pasta (white); 40 g butter; 1 tbsp garlic-infused oil; 40 g parmesan, finely grated; 10 g parsley, finely chopped

By Robin Tasker · Serves 4 · 20 min

Pouch load

1.7/10

Likely gentler

Flavour

6.2

Punchy

BlandBam

Nutrition

Nutritious

Light on (tap to add):

protein +

Eggs Salmon Chicken breast

Fibre & prebiotics +

Oat bran Rolled oats Banana (firm)Carrot

Potassium +

Banana (firm)Potato (peeled)Pumpkin Carrot

Three lenses: how gentle on the gut, how nourishing, how tasty — because gentle isn't the same as healthy. How the scores work →

Dinner Italian Vegetarian Low-FODMAP Egg-free Nut-free Fish-free Shellfish-free Sesame-free Under 30 min

A quick, kid-friendly bowl of buttery parmesan pasta topped with toasted garlic crumbs — gentle enough for you, plain enough for the kids, with crunch on top.

This is the dinner that keeps the whole table happy on a busy night. Buttery parmesan noodles are plain and comforting — the kind of thing kids actually eat — and gentle enough for a sensitive pouch.

A scatter of toasted garlic crumbs over the top turns 'plain pasta' into something with a bit of crunch and savoury flavour, without changing what's underneath.

Ingredients

Serves

Crumb*
30 g breadcrumbs (fresh or dried)
1 tbsp garlic-infused oil
Noodles*
300 g pasta (white)
40 g butter
1 tbsp garlic-infused oil
40 g parmesan, finely grated
10 g parsley, finely chopped

Method

Toast the crumb: warm the garlic-infused oil in a pan, add the breadcrumbs and stir for 4–5 minutes until golden and crisp. Tip out and set aside.
Cook the pasta until just tender, then drain, saving a little cooking water.
In the same pan, gently melt the butter with the garlic-infused oil. Add the pasta, the parmesan and a splash of cooking water and toss until glossy and coated. Season and stir through the parsley.
Serve topped with the toasted garlic crumb.

Gentler swaps

The crumb: toasted garlic breadcrumbs add gentle crunch over soft, buttery pasta.

Garlic butter: made with garlic-infused oil, so no raw-garlic bite — and plain enough for the kids.

For the family

Cook once — your gentle version, plus how to pep it up for everyone else.

Make the one pan. Keep the kids' bowls plain and buttery, scatter the garlic crumb on yours, and the adults can add chilli flakes, lemon or extra parmesan — one pot, everyone sorted.

Scores are modelled estimates, not medical advice. Everyone's gut is different, and tolerance changes over time. Reintroduce foods one at a time, and follow your own medical team's advice.