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Creamy Spinach Pasta Recipe

The creamy spinach pasta is a simple, scrumptious, and wholesome pasta dish. This recipe can be made with any variety of pasta. It is excellent for a lunchbox but may also be a show-stopper at one of your events. This recipe brilliantly disguises vegetables to entice kids to eat them.

Health benefits of spinach for kids

One of the most consumed vegetables in the world, spinach has several health advantages for both adults and children. Spinach is a rich source of vitamins and minerals that strengthen the body from the inside out by enhancing organ functions. 

Benefits of spinach include

1. Rich in vitamins like vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K

2. Excellent source of minerals

3. Antimicrobial properties 

4. Protects liver 

5. Great source of dietary fiber

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Ingredient

1. Pasta of your choice

2. Spinach 

3. Minced garlic

4. Fresh cream or Alfredo sauce or Mayonnaise

5. Mozzarella cheese

6. Olive oil 

7. Oregano

8. Black pepper powder 

9. Salt 

Recipe

Start by cooking your preferred pasta as directed on the package with salt and olive oil.

While pasta is cooking, blanch 3-4 cups of spinach.

Tips for blanching spinach- 

Put the spinach in a pot of boiling water for one minute. Take the blanched spinach out and drop it right away into a pot of ice water.

To prepare a purée, blend the blanched spinach.

Blanching is optional. Blend the spinach with 1/2 cup water instead if you want to skip that step.

Before draining the pasta, set aside 1/4 cup of the cooking water.   Sauté minced garlic in olive oil for 30 seconds over medium heat. Next, add spinach puree and cook it for 2–3 minutes.  Add the oregano, salt, black pepper seasoning, and fresh cream or alfredo sauce. Give it a quick mix and cook for one minute. Add boiling pasta after that.  when you quickly toss everything together and stir-fry it for another minute on high heat.

Give it a quick mix and stir fry on high flame for another 1 minute, and pasta in spinach sauce is ready. Pasta in spinach sauce is ready

Serve in a bowl with some cheese on top as a garnish.

Bon appetite!

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