Each week Dinner @ 6 will highlight a recipe using just 6 ingredients that was submitted by a reader. This week’s recipe was submitted by Lisa L.:
Healthy Pesto Pasta
serves 4-6
8 oz spaghetti
1/2 cup pesto
8 ounces spinach
2 cups edamame peas
juice from 2 lemons
3/4 cup almonds, crushed and lightly toasted
Heat a large pot of water to boiling, cook pasta until al dente. Remove from water, strain and rinse with cold water. In a large bowl, stir pasta, pesto & spinach until combined. Stir in the edamame and squirt the lemon all over. On a low heat, toast crushed almonds until just fragrant. Garnish pasta with the toasted almonds.
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My daughter won a jar of light alfredo sauce. We made pasta the other night with her sauce, pasta, chicken and spinach. It came out great. Yes, it was not as rich as full cream alfredo sauce but it was really good. I love spinach and pasta.
Mmm..sounds good!