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This Creamy Spinach Fettuccine recipe is the pasta dinner of your dreams! Fettuccine pasta tossed in a light, creamy spinach sauce and topped with toasted garlicky panko bread crumbs.
A HEALTHY AND EASY PASTA DINNER IDEA
Would you believe me if I told you that my other half scarfed down all of that is inside that pan up above? He did, child. He did. Can’t blame him. That stuff is daaaang good!
Would you also believe that I got a spankin’ brand new camera and I have NO clue as to how to use it?! If your eyes are hurting, I.am.so.sorry! There’s this whole learning curve involved… I promise it’ll get better!
But besides that, happy Sunday yo! What’s going awn? I’ve been back 4 days now and my jet lag is still going strong. Waking up at 3 am, going to bed at 1 pm, then again at 11 pm… I’m all kinds of messed up. Anyone have any tips on how to escape this insanity? Let me know, puhlease!
Also. There is no way to make this recipe sound as seriously delicious as it really is. And yes, I know, I made pasta, again. And there’s spinach in it. It’s a problem. Like, I haven’t made anything in recent memory that didn’t involve some use of spinach. However, if I could only ever make one meal(s) at home for the rest of forever, I would choose chicken + veggies + salads for life! Buuuuut, I have a family, and these 3 homies of mine LOVE their pasta. So, as always, I lose.
Sidenote, and to be quite honest, lately I’ve been chomping down on all the crazy raw goodies in the produce aisle. Ripe peaches, blueberries, juicy strawberries, fresh corn! Ah-may-zing! Soon it will all go away again so I am trying to get my fix before we say bye-bye.
Back to today’s story. My motivation for today’s recipe came as a result of that one Creamy Spinach and Feta Cheese Tortilla Wraps recipe that I can’t stop making. My God, that stuff is awesome! However, since I didn’t feel like hopping in the car to go and buy peppers and cream cheese, I improvised, and gosh darn it, this stuff was awesome, too. Turns out, so long as you add in enough garlic, all delicious things just fall into place.
The bright green spinach with the sauteed garlic and onion, white sauce, fettuccine pasta noodles, and crunchy panko crumbs make this a very filling, feel-good dish.
I loved it. That’s all.
ENJOY!
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Spinach Fettuccine
Ingredients
- 8 ounces dry fettuccine pasta
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small yellow onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- ¼ cup low sodium vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 cup skim milk
- 1 bag (10 ounces) baby spinach
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
FOR THE PANKO BREAD CRUMBS
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- ¼ cup panko bread crumbs
Instructions
- Boil the pasta. Cook the fettuccine according to the directions on the box.
- Sauté. In the meantime, heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic and cook for 2 minutes or until tender, stirring frequently.
- Make the cream sauce. In a small bowl whisk together vegetable broth and flour. Transfer the broth mixture to the pan and whisk in the milk; continue to whisk and bring to a boil.
- Add spinach. Reduce heat to medium and add spinach leaves. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently until the spinach is wilted and the sauce is thickened.
- Season the sauce. Season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and fresh parsley. Remove from heat.
- Put it all together. Stir in parmesan cheese, add the cooked fettuccine, and toss to combine. Set aside.
- Prepare the breadcrumb topping. Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute or until fragrant. Add panko bread crumbs to the skillet and continue to cook for 3 minutes, stirring frequently, or until lightly browned and toasted.
- Serve. Top fettuccine with the toasted bread crumbs and serve.
Nutrition
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It was an easy recipe but not even close to enough sauce. It was fairly dry. I would double or triple her sauce part of it.