Fans Say Giada’s 6-Ingredient Spinach-Goat Cheese Pasta Is a “Favorite Go-To for Comfort Food”
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Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD
We can never have enough easy, weeknight-friendly dinner recipes on lock. Everybody needs those classic, go-to recipes that you can make in about 30 minutes—preferably without breaking a sweat. That’s why we can’t wait to try out Giada De Laurentiis’ thrillingly simple Pasta with Spinach Sauce.
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This creamy, veggie-loaded pasta has only six ingredients and can be whipped up in 25 minutes, which is a huge win for all the busy home cooks out there. Plus, it stars anti-inflammatory garlic and spinach. (Spinach, by the way, is one of the best veggies you can add to your diet if you want to lower your blood pressure, and it boasts lots of other health benefits as well.)
You’ll just need a few ingredients to copy this pasta dish, and you may already have some of them on hand. For the sauce, you’ll need fresh garlic cloves, goat cheese, reduced-fat cream cheese, fresh baby spinach, salt and pepper. The recipe also calls for 1 pound of pasta—Giada uses a shorter cut, like Fusilli Corti or penne, so options like rigatoni or campanelle would also be right at home in this creamy dish. You’ll also want a little bit of grated Parmesan to garnish your pasta bowls once you’re ready to serve.
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Making this sauce is pretty darn simple—just combine those sauce ingredients, minus some of the spinach leaves, into a food processor and let it run until the cheese-spinach mixture is smooth. While you’re working on the sauce, let the pasta cook in boiling water until al dente. When the pasta is done, be sure to pull out 1 cup of that glossy, steamy pasta water before you drain everything down the sink. Once your pasta is drained and your sauce is ready, get out your serving bowl and distribute the remaining spinach leaves evenly in the…
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