Squished tomato pasta sauce

10-30 minutes 2 servings 30-60 minutes 600 kcal or less cherry tomato cherry tomatoes children's recipes cooking with children easy recipes family recipes italian recipes kids cooking kids recipes mains pasta pasta recipes quick quick recipes tomato tomatoes we love to cook

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Ingredients

12 cherry tomatoes

2 ordinary tomatoes , halved

4 basil leaves

small bunch chives

8 black or green olives , stoned (optional)

olive oil , for drizzling

200g pasta , cooked and kept warm

cheddar or parmesan , grated

Method

Put the cherry tomatoes into a large bowl, reach down into the bowl and squeeze each one hard until it bursts (mind out, they’ll squirt!). Pull the tomatoes into pieces.

Squeeze the halved tomatoes on a lemon squeezer to make as much juice as you can. Pour this into the bowl. ( Grown-ups, the squeezed halves can be used up in a stew or soup.)

Snip the basil and chives into the bowl using your scissors, or tear them into pieces. Then, if you are using them, snip or pull the olives in half and throw them in, too.

Add a dribble of olive oil, then ask your grown-up helper to put the cooked pasta into two bowls, spoon your sauce on top and sprinkle with the cheese