Pasta and Pizza always holds its first place in kids choices. Considering their health we need to take care of the food they intake. So I always sneak the veggies in their diet with their favorite food.. I adapted the concept from pesto sauce and implemented with spinach in place of basil and almonds in place of pine nuts in this recipe which tasted great. Try this at your home and let me know your feedback.. Sharing this recipe for Blogging Marathon # 47 under the theme Pasta and pizza. Do Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#47.
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 ~ 40 minutes
Serves: 4 ~ 5
Ingredients:
4 oz spaghetti or any type of pasta
100 grams chopped onions
4 tbsp. oil
Salt to taste
100 grams grated cheese ( optional)
½ cup cream
Ground black pepper, as needed
For grinding:
1 cup fresh spinach
¼ cup almonds
2 ~ 3 green chilles
2 garlic pods
2 tbsp. olive oil
Method:
1. Cook pasta as per package instruction. Drain and keep it side.
2. Meantime grind all the grinding ingredients in to fine paste.
3. Heat a wide pan with oil. When oil get hot, add onions and sauté till it become soft.
4. Add ground paste, salt and cream. Mix and allow the sauce to cook for few minutes.
5. When sauce thicken and oil separate from the it, Add cooked pasta and mix to coat sauce all over the pasta. Adjust salt and spice to taste.
5. Add grated cheese and cook for 3 ~ 5 minutes till cheese melts. Serve hot ( Don't add cheese, if you are packing for kids lunch box and make spinach sauce to gravy consistency by adding more cream, so it wont dries out the spaghetti).
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Spinach Spaghetti PastaPreparation time: 10 minutesCooking time: 30 ~ 40 minutesServes: 4 ~ 5Ingredients:4 oz spaghetti or any type of pasta100 grams chopped onions4 tbsp. oilSalt to taste100 grams grated cheese ( optional)½ cup creamGround black pepper, as neededFor grinding:1 cup fresh spinach¼ cup almonds2 ~ 3 green chilles2 garlic pods2 tbsp. olive oilMethod:1. Cook pasta as per package instruction. Drain and keep it side.2. Meantime grind all the grinding ingredients in to fine paste.3. Heat a wide pan with oil. When oil get hot, add onions and sauté till it become soft.4. Add ground paste, salt and cream. Mix and allow the sauce to cook for few minutes.5. When sauce thicken and oil separate from the it, Add cooked pasta and mix to coat sauce all over the pasta. Adjust salt and spice to taste.5. Add grated cheese and cook for 3 ~ 5 minutes till cheese melts. Serve hot ( Don't add cheese, if you are packing for kids lunch box and make spinach sauce to gravy consistency by adding more cream, so it wont dries out the spaghetti).www.sarasyummyrecipes.com
A very unique variation if pesto.
Loved ur simple recipe.Clicks are really great.
Healthy spaghetti... Love the pic..
pasta looks beautiful and so tempting.
Wow, loving this green spaghetti, inviting and best way to sneak spinach.
Wow pasta with all the goodness of spinach,lovely
Love that spinach-almond pesto.. Pasta looks yummy!!
wow such an flavorful spaghetti looks so tempting !! 🙂
Saras your green spaghetti looks so delicious..would bookmark to make.
so beautiful and healthy
Always wanted to try with spinach > This looks inviting
Lovely pasta.. Looks inviting.
Love the simple recipe and how colorful it looks!
Beautifully presented nd clicked. .this pasta should be a hit in my house.