Name: Creamy Tomato and Spinach Pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: ½ lb penne pasta ($0.49); 1 yellow onion (small dice, 340g, 1.5 cups, $0.78); 2 cloves garlic (minced, 1 Tbsp, $0.12); 1 Tbsp olive oil ($0.18); 14.5 oz. diced tomatoes (1 can, $0.96); ½ tsp dried oregano ($0.12); ½ tsp dried basil ($0.13); ⅛ tsp crushed red pepper ($0.02); ½ tsp salt ($0.02); ½ tsp freshly cracked black pepper ($0.08); 2 Tbsp tomato paste ($0.14); ½ cup water ($0.00); 2 oz cream cheese ($0.46); ¼ cup grated Parmesan (30g, $0.51); 4 oz fresh spinach ($0.79)

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Creamy Tomato and Spinach Pasta

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 25m total

Servings

Calories

19% of a 2,000 cal day

389KCAL

Protein

13g26% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat12g

15%

Saturated5g

23%

Unsaturated7g

—

Total Carbs59g

21%

Fiber6g

21%

Total Sugars9g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch44g

—

Sodium515mg

22%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A quick creamy tomato and spinach pasta made with cream cheese and fresh spinach. Easy enough for busy weeknights with real, simple ingredients.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

½ lbpenne pasta
340 gyellow onion — small dice, 1
2garlic — minced, 1 tbsp
1 tbspolive oil
14½ ozdiced tomatoes — 1 can
½ tspdried oregano
½ tspdried basil
⅛ tspcrushed red pepper
½ tspsalt
½ tspfreshly cracked black pepper
2 tbsptomato paste
½ cupwater
2 ozcream cheese
30 ggrated Parmesan — ¼ cup
4 ozfresh spinach

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Method

25m total

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