easy tomato pesto pasta
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- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
Marinated Artichoke Hearts - one 6 oz jar, drainedPrepared pesto sauce - 1/2 cup Garlic - 5 cloves mincedA small Onion - sliced thinlyMushrooms - 1/2 cup sliced12 oz box of dry Cavatappi pasta1 can Diced Tomatoes (undrained)Spinach, fresh - 2 cups1 plum tomato Oregano 1 tsp Romano Cheese - 1 oz to garnishsprigs of fresh basil to garnish (optional)
Slice the plum tomato into rounds, sprinkle them with the oregano and set aside. (also sprinkle w/ a bit of salt, pepper & garlic powder if that's the way you like it)
prep your onions, garlic and mushrooms. (slice)
Get pasta started in a large pot according to the instructions on the box.
Lightly spray bottom of a pot with cooking spray & saute minced garlic and sliced onions until soft. Add mushrooms, artichoke hearts and pesto sauce and simmer until the mushrooms are about halfway cooked. Add the can of diced tomatoes and let simmer 10 min.
Tear the spinach to smaller pieces and once the pasta is done, drained and still very hot mix the spinach in. (this will wilt it nicely) Pour the simmered mix into the hot pasta & dish into bowls immidately, top with tomato rounds and curls of romano cheese and basil leaves while its all still very hot. Serve & Enjoy!
Serving Size: makes six servings
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BROKENKITTEN.
prep your onions, garlic and mushrooms. (slice)
Get pasta started in a large pot according to the instructions on the box.
Lightly spray bottom of a pot with cooking spray & saute minced garlic and sliced onions until soft. Add mushrooms, artichoke hearts and pesto sauce and simmer until the mushrooms are about halfway cooked. Add the can of diced tomatoes and let simmer 10 min.
Tear the spinach to smaller pieces and once the pasta is done, drained and still very hot mix the spinach in. (this will wilt it nicely) Pour the simmered mix into the hot pasta & dish into bowls immidately, top with tomato rounds and curls of romano cheese and basil leaves while its all still very hot. Serve & Enjoy!
Serving Size: makes six servings
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BROKENKITTEN.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 355.5
- Total Fat: 11.4 g
- Cholesterol: 4.9 mg
- Sodium: 678.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 51.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 3.8 g
- Protein: 11.1 g
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