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Spinach Pasta | Spinach Pasta Recipe | Green Pasta Recipe

Spinach pasta recipe is a healthy green pasta made with fresh spinach, garlic, olive oil which makes it refreshing for summer. This spinach pasta recipe can be made in less than 10 minutes when the sauce is ready pasta is cooked. In this recipe post I have shared spinach pasta and spinach pesto pasta which is similar to my pesto pasta. Learn how to make healthy spinach pasta with step by step pictures and video. 
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 558kcal
Author: Aarthi

Equipment

  • Cooking pot
  • Slotted Spoon
  • Colander
  • Blender

Ingredients

  • 350 grams Spaghetti
  • 8 cloves Garlic
  • 4 tbsp Walnuts
  • 5 cups Spinach chopped
  • ¼ cup Parmesan Cheese
  • 4 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Take a large cooking pot. Fill it with water. Bring it to a full boil. Add salt to taste.
  • Now add in garlic and walnuts into the hot water. Blanch for 30 seconds. Remove this from the water using a slotted spoon. Remove this to a bowl and set aside.
  • Now add spinach to the water and cook for 30 seconds till the spinach gets bright green in colour and wilted. Strain this using a strainer and add it to a blender.
  • Now add in nuts and garlic into a blender, add parmesan cheese, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper and blend till creamy and smooth.
  • Now add pasta to the boiling water and let it cook as per package directions. Before straining pasta, reserve some pasta cooking liquid to add it to the sauce later. Strain the pasta in a colander. Add it back into the same pot.
  • Pour the green sauce to the hot pasta along with some of the pasta cooking liquid and toss well. Serve immediately with a drizzle of olive oil.

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Notes

  • Bring lots of water to boil, since we are going to use the same water for blanching garlic, nuts and spinach. 
  • You can use almonds, cashews, walnuts. Pine nuts in this recipe. Peanuts tends to have strong flavour so you can skip it. 
  • Add as much garlic as you prefer. Since we are blanching the garlic it does get slightly mellow in flavour. 
  • Freshly grated Parmesan cheese adds a umami taste to the sauce which is very important. It also adds creamy texture. 
  • Make sure you never skip the lemon juice. It adds bright zingy fresh flavour to the sauce. 
  • Reserve some of the starchy pasta cooking water for emulsifying the sauce. It is most important step to achieve creamy spinach sauce.
  • You can add cooked chicken into the past to make it a substantial meal. 
  • You can enjoy spinach pasta with garlic toast. or crumble some ricotta on top.
  • Any variety of pasta can be used. You can use whole wheat pasta for more fullness.

Meal prep

You can make the sauce in advance and store in fridge. You can boil pasta when needed and toss with the sauce. 
Leftover pasta can be stored in fridge and reheated in microwave or stove top when serving. Spinach pasta can be stored in fridge for up to 2 to 4 days. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1servings | Calories: 558kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 137mg | Potassium: 486mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 3568IU | Vitamin C: 15mg | Calcium: 151mg | Iron: 3mg
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