Creamy Spinach Pasta
How to make spinach pasta with creamy red sauce. This quick and easy recipe uses fresh spinach, spaghetti sauce, cheese, butter, and garlic to make the best simple dinner! Healthy homemade vegetarian noodle meal, but you could add chicken for a heartier version. Cheesy one pot meal.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pounds fusilli pasta
- ¼ cups butter
- 1 large bunch fresh spinach chopped into matchstick-sized pieces
- 3 cloves garlic pressed
- 5 spring onions diced
- 1 cups half and half or substitute whole milk
- ¼ cups carrot grated
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
- 1 cups cheddar cheese shredded
- 2 cups spaghetti sauce
Instructions
- Cook and drain the fusilli pasta. In the same pot, melt butter, add the garlic and onion and cook for five minutes on low. Add the carrots and stir often.
- Add spinach and cook on high heat until just wilted. Add salt and pepper.
- Toss pasta back into the pot and reduce heat to very low.
- Add half and half or milk, cheese, and pasta sauce and stir until warm.
Nutrition
Calories: 534kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 83mg | Sodium: 1165mg | Potassium: 1117mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 10840IU | Vitamin C: 37mg | Calcium: 397mg | Iron: 6mg
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