Meatless Spinach Pasta
Quick and easy creamy spinach pasta for a delicious and fulfilling dinner. This juicy and creamy sauce will become your favorite!
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 601kcal
Equipment
- 1 Pot
- 1 skillet
Ingredients
- 8 oz Pasta
- 16 oz baby spinach
- 1 onion medium, chopped
- 1 garlic clove chopped
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoon flour
- 2 cup milk
- salt and pepper to taste
- ¼ cup dry white wine
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to the package. It is essential to cook pasta al dente. If overcooked, it will have a mushy taste that is not very appealing. I used Trader Joe's Spinach and Chive Linguine Pasta in this recipe. And it went so well with creamy spinach topping.
- Boil water in a pot for blanching the spinach.
- I used 16 oz (454g) of baby spinach in this recipe. Wash the spinach and drain it well.
- Transfer the spinach to the boiling water and boil for about 45 sec – 1 min.
- Remove the pot from heat and drain the water. Wash cooked spinach with some cold running water to stop the cooking process. Drain and set aside.
- Chop medium size onion into small cubes. Chop one garlic clove.
- Preheat 2 tablespoon of olive oil in the skillet on medium heat.
- Add onion and cook until fragrant (about 5 min). Next, add chopped garlic and cook for a short time (do not overcook the garlic since the taste will become bitter). Add salt and pepper per your liking.
- Add flour and mix well with a wooden spoon. Hint: if it looks like there is more flour than oil and flour is clumping, add a bit more oil until the mixture looks creamy.
- Slowly pour prepared milk while constantly mixing with a wooden spoon. This is where you want to avoid clumping the flour by adding milk slowly and mixing.
- If you opted to add wine, add it here and mix until all is combined. Cook until the sauce thickens and becomes bubbly.
- Cut the spinach you set aside and add it to the white sauce. At this point, you want to mix it all well and not cook more. Give it a quick try to see if it is salty enough for your taste; if not, add more salt. But, don't add too much, it is not good for you!
- On an individual plate, add some pasta and top it with the Creamy Spinach sauce. If you want to add some protein, top it with chopped walnuts.
- Enjoy your healthy Spinach Pasta dinner!
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Nutrition
Calories: 601kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 15g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 142mg | Potassium: 1129mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 10837IU | Vitamin C: 35mg | Calcium: 313mg | Iron: 5mg
