Tomato & Spinach Macaroni and Cheese


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 677.5
  • Total Fat: 32.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 142.2 mg
  • Sodium: 501.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 63.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.1 g
  • Protein: 34.6 g

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Introduction

This is my favorite dinner to make! It's so simple and delicious!
I usually make this for one of my splurge night dinners because I can't get enough of it!
This is my favorite dinner to make! It's so simple and delicious!
I usually make this for one of my splurge night dinners because I can't get enough of it!

Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    About 4 cups cooked pasta (any kind)
    1-2 cups of reserved cooking liquid (from the pasta)
    3 cloves of garlic
    3 tbs. EVOO
    about 4 Roma tomatoes
    about 2 cups baby spinach
    1 cup of shredded or cubed Mozzarella cheese (part skim)
    1 1/2 cups shredded Colby Jack cheese

Directions

Cook the pasta according to package directions and reserve 1-2 cups of the starchy cooking liquid.
Set pasta aside in strainer or serving dish, do not add any extra butter or fats to the pasta.
Heat the olive oil in the same pot that the pasta was cooked in and cook the garlic for 2 minutes, add the tomatoes (chopped) and cook on medium high heat until the tomatoes are most of the way cooked down. Then, add the spinach in batches until it, as well, is cooked down.
Dump the cubed or shredded mozzarella cheese and stir until it is dispersed evenly and melted, then add the Colby cheese and stir until it is melted.
Add the pasta, and stir together until the dish is as hot as you prefer.
Enjoy!

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user THEMARIEL.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Incredible!
    Delicious! Hard to keep from going back for seconds. - 6/16/14


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    Incredible!
    Excellent tasted light not as heavy and my father- in-law had a second helping. I sprinkled crushed butter crackers on top...my husbands father is very difficult at 91.
    - 5/18/14