Thursday 15 July 2010

Quick, tasty and healthy dinner recipe

This is a really quick and easy recipe, the amounts here serve 1 (and I usually just judge by eye on amounts!)

Ingredients:

  • Half an onion (red works well)
  • A handful of mushrooms
  • 2 tablespoons of Lactofree soft white cheese
  • A handful of fresh spinach (I picked mine from my garden just before cooking for extra freshness!)
  • Pasta (I find farfalle are a good shape for this sort of sauce, but fusilli or linguine will work just as well)
  • Olive oil
  • 1 clove of garlic (optional)
Method:

  • Roughly chop the onions and mushrooms and fry gently in a pan with some olive oil until they're just browning
  • While you're frying, put the water on to boil for the pasta
  • Add some pressed garlic to the mushrooms and onions at this stage (if you like!)
  • Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook for the required time
  • About 3 minutes before the pasta is ready, turn the heat down on the onions and mushrooms and add the Lactofree soft white cheese. Heat gently and stir until it melts
  • Roughly tear the spinach and stir it through the sauce. The heat from the sauce will wilt it naturally
  • Drain the pasta and add it to the sauce
  • Mix the pasta and sauce together well, so the pasta is coated by the sauce
  • Serve immediately (with salad and garlic bread if you like!)

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