Dinner

Penne with Creamy Spinach Pesto is for Dinner.

Penne with Creamy Spinach Pesto takes several minutes to prepare.

Penne with Creamy Spinach Pesto takes 25 minutes to cook.

Penne with Creamy Spinach Pesto makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Penne with Creamy Spinach Pesto are:

1 box Barilla Plus Penne Pasta (14.5 oz)
4 cloves garlic
3 wedges Laughing Cow Cheese
6-8oz fresh spinach leaves (stems removed or use baby spinach)
1/2oz grated parmesan cheese
Crushed red pepper
Salt & Pepper

Here is how you make Penne with Creamy Spinach Pesto:

Cook the pasta according to package directions in well salted water. While it cooks, drop the garlic cloves into the food processor while the blade is spinning to chop them. Add the cheese and all but a handful of the spinach leaves. Pulse until combined and creamy, and season to taste with red pepper, salt & freshly ground black peppper. Cut the remaining spinach leaves into ribbons and put in the bottom of a large serving bowl. When pasta is cooked, drain and reserve 1 cup of the cooking water. Put the drained pasta on top of the spinach ribbons and add the cheese mixture. Add a bit of the pasta water as needed to achieve desired consistency of the sauce. Fold in the parmesan cheese just before serving. Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MLOM513.

The nutritional information for Penne with Creamy Spinach Pesto is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 432.6

• Total Fat: 6.1 g
• Cholesterol: 2.8 mg
• Sodium: 156.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 72.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 8.5 g
• Protein: 22.9 g