I don't spend as much energy on food as I should- a product of having a negative amount of free time. My diet mostly consists of frozen spinach and dinosaur shaped sandwiches. As a result, I snap up any chance I can get to finagle a home cooked meal out of someone. And let me tell you- I finagled a DELICIOUS pasta the other night: Penne with Garlic Spinach Sauce. It's a Giada recipe originally, but a friend of mine modified it to be, well, better. I find most of Giada's recipes end up being modified. She's great and all, but would you trust a woman that skinny to fatten you up? Exactly. Try some of this wonderment for yourself!
Penne with Garlic Spinach Sauce and Cherry Tomatoes
Yields 6-8 Normal People Servings
Ingredients:
1 lb penne pasta
1 6 oz. package of baby spinach
2-3 cloves of garlic
1 8 oz. package of light cream cheese, newftel cheese, or plain yogurt
6 oz. goat cheese (the good stuff)
Lemon juice
Cherry tomatoes
Process:
Boil pasta.
Reserve 1 cup of pasta water.
In a food processor or blender, blend 1/2 the spinach, all the cheese, and the garlic, until smooth.
In a bowl, toss the pasta, whole spinach, and the sauce mixture together, adding the reserved pasta water until the desired consistency is reached.
Sprinkle some lemon juice, garnish with cherry tomatoes.
Add parmesan or asiago if desired, to taste.
Serve immediately and enjoy!
Note: it's not great as a leftover- the cheese has a tendency to make everything dryer. You're going to want to serve this immediately.
ENJOY! I hope this makes you all as deliriously happy as this made me! Love at first bite.
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