Vegetarian

Pasta with Beans and Spinach takes several minutes to prepare.

Pasta with Beans and Spinach takes several minutes to cook.

Pasta with Beans and Spinach makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Pasta with Beans and Spinach are:

3 Tbsp minced garlic
3 cups diced onion
3 Tbsp olive oil
10 cups shredded spinach or curly endive
dash of salt and ground black pepper
dash of salt and ground black pepper
1 28oz. can Italian plum tomatoes, undrained (about 3 cups)
3 to 4 cups drained cooked white beans (two 16 oz. cans)
juice of one lemon

short, chunky pasta of your choice (NOT factored into calorie counter)

Here is how you make Pasta with Beans and Spinach:

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. While water is heating, saute onions and garlic in the olive oil, until translucent. Wash and coarsely shred the endive. Stire the endive, salt, and pepper into the onions and cook for several minutes, covered, until the endive is bright green and reduced by at least half.Add pasta to boiling water and cook until dense. While pasta cooks add the juice from the tomatoes to the endive, then either coarsely chop the tomatoes with a knife in the can or crush them with your hand. Stir the tomatoes and the beans into the endive and bring the sauce to a simmer. Add the lemon juice to the sauce just before you drain the pasta.Serve the sauce immediately, ladled onto bowls of hot pasta. Top with grated cheese, if desired.Number of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LARK1979.

The nutritional information for Pasta with Beans and Spinach is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 205.7

• Total Fat: 4.7 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 139.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 33.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 7.5 g
• Protein: 9.9 g