A quick pasta dish full of flavour.
At one point in time, our family had fresh organic product delivered once a week. We didn't get to decide what went into our box and sometimes we'd end up with something we'd never seen before. One week there was some leafy green thing, I can't remember its name, but it was pretty close to spinach. There was a little flyer in the box with a recipe for a pasta dish that used the greens and the sweet little cherry tomatoes. We'd only really done pasta with red or white sauces before, so this was a big change and a really good one! It was like something that we'd get at a restaurant!
I guess you figured out that we don't follow the recipe to a tee seeing as I can't even remember the name of one of the ingredients. Fresh spinach, tomatoes and garlic work best but we have used canned tomatoes, frozen spinach and garlic powder when in a pinch. We also like baby spinach better than the regular kind but it works too and is so much cheaper. We've also just done straight pasta without any tomatoes or spinach. Any shape of pasta will do, but spaghetti and penne are our favorites for this recipe.
How Cheap Is This Pasta?
That's $0.95 per person! Less without cheese!
Boil pasta until cooked the way you like it, drain and set aside.
Add crushed garlic (half a head), salt and pepper to taste.
Stir the pasta around until coated.
Add a chopped up tomato.
After a minute or two when the tomatoes have started heating up, add the spinach.
In another minute or two the spinach will start to wilt and the pasta is done!
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