Easy Tomato, Spinach and Feta Pasta
A super easy meatless pasta recipe with few ingredients and big flavours with juicy sweet cherry tomatoes with nutrient rich spinach and a tangy kick from the feta! It only takes 30 minutes! Garnish with chopped walnuts, fresh basil and parsley. A perfect weekday meal!
Servings: 2
Equipment
- medium skillet or cast iron pan
- medium sauce pot
Ingredients
- 6 oz pasta, bowtie, penna, spaghetti
- 1½ tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 5 oz heirloom cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1/2 tsp dried basil
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- pinch of pepper
- 2-3 handfuls of baby spinach
- 3 oz feta, crumbled
- 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
- 4 fresh basil leaves, sliced
- 2 tbsp parsley for garnishing
Instructions
- Bring a medium sauce pot of water to a boil. Add ¼ teaspoon salt and pasta and follow package instructions until is al dente; and drain. Reserve 1/4 cup of the pasta water. Set aside.
- In a medium skillet or cast iron pan, add olive oil over medium-high heat, add cherry tomatoes. Cook the tomatoes for 2-3 minutes, until they are softened. Add garlic and basil cook for another minute. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add spinach to the skillet, once spinach has wilted, add the pasta with 2 tablespoons of the reserved pasta water and feta. Allow to heat through and gentle stir the pasta and allow the feta to begin melting.
- Garnish with chopped walnuts, fresh basil and parsley. Drizzle some olive oil over the pasta and ENJOY!