Vegetarian

Butternut Spinach Pasta is for Dinner.

Butternut Spinach Pasta takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Butternut Spinach Pasta takes 60 minutes to cook.

Butternut Spinach Pasta makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Butternut Spinach Pasta are:

4 Cups Butternut Squash
2Tblsp Olive Oil
2 Cups Spinach
3 Cups Cottage Cheese
2 Cups Milk
3 Tblsp Flour
6 oz Pasta
Garlic
Salt
Pepper
Basil
Oregano

Here is how you make Butternut Spinach Pasta:

To cook butternut squash: Clean, peel, and deseed the squash, then slice it into 1/2 inch thick strips. Use 1 Tablespoon of the olive oil to lightly coat the strips. Lightly salt and pepper the squash, then place it in an oven at 350? on a cookie sheet for roughly 30 minutes, or until tender.To make the filling: Using a small saucepot, saut? the garlic in another Tablespoon of olive oil until slightly browned. Then add the spinach and cook on low heat. Mix in the basil, oregano, cottage (or ricotta) cheese, and the egg. Salt and pepper to taste (just before adding the raw egg).To make the sauce: Heat up milk in small saucepan on low heat. Whisk in small amounts of flour; roughly ? teaspoon at a time. Once all flour has been mixed in, bring up to a boil, whisking continuously. Once the sauce thickens, turn heat off (or to low heat if you aren?t ready to use it right away).Once the squash, filling, and sauce are finished, you are ready to start building your dish.Use cooking spray or a light swipe of cooking oil to cover a 9 x 13 cooking dish. Use 1 cup of the sauce to cover the entire bottom of the dish. Lie a layer of (cooked or uncooked) noodles side by side to make the next layer of the, then use half of the ricotta/cottage cheese and spinach mixture to cover the noodles.Next, arrange a layer of all of the roasted butternut squash, followed by the last half of the ricotta/cottage cheese spinach filling. Top with another layer of noodles, then cover those with the remaining sauce.Cover with tin foil and cook at 350? for 40 minutes. Uncover and cook for another 15 minutes. Let the it cool for 5 minutes before serving.Serving Size: 4 ServingsNumber of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SMITHJEN100.

The nutritional information for Butternut Spinach Pasta is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 414.0

• Total Fat: 12.6 g
• Cholesterol: 22.5 mg
• Sodium: 635.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 49.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 8.3 g
• Protein: 29.2 g

The dietary needs meet for Butternut Spinach Pasta is Vegetarian