Does that voice, that sounds a little bit too much like your parents’, telling you to eat your vegetables ever linger in the back of your head? An easy way to slip some vegetables into your diet is through a pasta dish. Pasta is a cheap, easy and staple dinner dish that can be as versatile as you want it to be. Follow along to create an inexpensive and tasty pasta dish that will help your meals to stretch this week.
Prep time: 20 minutes
Servings: Two
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 cup of your choice of pasta
¼ cup of ricotta cheese
1 cup of spinach
Half a can of quartered artichoke hearts
¼ cup of pesto
¼ cup of grated parmesan
Pinch of basil, salt, and pepper
Directions:
- Fill a pot halfway with water and add the olive oil. Place on high heat until it boils.
- Once the water is boiling, reduce heat to medium and add pasta.
- Cook pasta for 7-10 minutes, or until soft.
- Drain water.
- Reduce heat to low before putting pasta back on the stove.
- Add pesto, ricotta, basil and salt and pepper.
- Drain the artichoke hearts and add to the pot.
- Add spinach to the pot.
- Stir for 1-2 minutes until thoroughly mixed, and spinach has shrunk.
- Top with parmesan.
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