Today we bring you one more idea to go out of the pasta with tomato and try new flavors and sauces in our pastas: Pasta with spinach and artichokes recipe. You can make it with the pasta that you like. It will look great with any pasta. It is a very rich and original recipe. In addition, its main ingredient, spinach, is a very healthy food full of nutrients and vitamins.
Let’s see how to make this simple pasta recipe with spinach and artichokes:
Pasta with spinach and artichokes recipe
Pasta with spinach and artichokes recipe
Ingredients
To cook the pasta
- 300 g Pasta of your choice
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 1 bay leaf
- Olive oil
- Salt
For the spinach, artichoke and cheese sauce
- 350 g Spinach
- 300 g Artichoke hearts
- 200 ml cream
- 200 g Spreadable cheese
- 1/2 cup Milk
- Scrumbled cheese
- Garlic powder
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Crushed pepper
Instructions
- First we are going to take the artichoke hearts and we are going to cook them for about fifteen minutes in water. Drain them and set aside.300 g Artichoke hearts, Salt
- In the same water, cook the pasta. Add the bay leaf and the garlic, peeled and whole. Add a drizzle of oil to the water to prevent the pasta from sticking.300 g Pasta, 2 cloves Garlic, 1 bay leaf, Olive oil
For the sauce
- While the pasta is cooking, let's make the sauce.In a frying pan, add a little oil, once hot, sauté the spinach. Once sautéed, add the artichoke hearts, and sauté everything together for about ten minutes350 g Spinach, Olive oil, 300 g Artichoke hearts
- Add the cream cheese and keep stirring, add the milk, let it integrate everything and add the garlic powder, salt and pepper.200 ml cream, 1/2 cup Milk, Garlic powder, Crushed pepper, Salt
- When you have the pasta cooked, drain it, put aside the garlic and the bay leaf and add it to the sauce. Mix well, add some grated cheese, and serve.It's ready to eat!200 g Spreadable cheese, Scrumbled cheese
Notes
You can also finish decorating your dish with a few chopped pine nuts on top.
Nutrition
Benefits of spinach
It is no secret that spinach is a very healthy food, but do you know all the benefits of this plant? Pasta with spinach and artichokes, besides being a spectacular and very good dish, is very healthy and brings us a multitude of properties and benefits. Let’s take a look at them.
With very few calories, the vitamins and nutrients that spinach offers are very high. Let’s get to know them:
They protect us from eye diseases. They contain plant compounds such as antioxidants, lutein and zeaxanthin, which are beneficial against sunlight damage to our eyes.
Eating this food helps to reduce blood pressure, prevents us from cardiovascular diseases.
They also protect the stomach mucosa, are good for soothing acidity and help with heartburn.
In addition to its high fiber content, which promotes a proper digestive tract.
Source of vitamin A, C, K and folic acid, which are beneficial for skin and hair, helping us to have strong hair and perfect skin. Did you know that spinach is also used in natural facial masks?
Also these vitamins, along with iron and calcium, are beneficial for healthy and strong bones.
Rich in potassium, flavonoids and carotene. Which greatly help our brain if consumed on a regular basis. They also help to maintain a good electrical conductivity of the brain, which helps us to be agile and quick to think, give answers or find solutions.
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