Description
This simple pasta with spinach is fast, easy and delicious. It’s ready in less than 15 minutes and makes a weeknight meal the whole family will love: creamy, packed with spinach, and convenient.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8oz (225 grams) pasta (penne, rigatoni, spaghetti…)
- 1 Tbsp olive oil or extra virgin olive oil
- 2–3 garlic cloves, finely sliced or minced
- 9oz (250 grams) baby spinach, washed
- ¼ tsp fine salt
- 5oz (140 grams) cream cheese
- 1oz (30 grams) freshly grated parmesan cheese
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Step: Cook your pasta until al dente following the package directions; reserve at least 1/2 cup of pasta cooking water before draining.
- Step: Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Step: Add garlic and cook for about 1 or 2 minutes until fragrant.
- Step: Add spinach and salt, stirring until wilted, adding a handful of spinach at a time.
- Step: Stir in cream cheese and 1/3 cup of pasta cooking water.
- Step: Add grated parmesan cheese and nutmeg to the sauce and stir for a couple of minutes.
- Step: Drain pasta, add to the skillet and toss to combine; serve immediately with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, black pepper and freshly grated parmesan cheese.
Notes
SEASONING: Taste before adding pasta as pasta water and parmesan already contain salt. LEFTOVERS: Keeps for a couple of days in the fridge in an air-tight container; add a splash of water when reheating.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: pasta
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 544 kcal
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 567 mg
- Fat: 25 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 13 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 62 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 19 g
- Cholesterol: 60 mg
Keywords: Pasta with spinach, quick pasta, spinach sauce, Italian dinner