Cheating on Giada's Gnocchi

Name: Cheating on Giada's Gnocchi
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 (16 ounce) package potato gnocchi, cooked as directed; 1 1/2 cups heavy cream (my Substitute or Half and Half); 1 1/2 cups nonfat milk; 1/2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth (or veggie); 1/8 cup whole wheat flour; 1 pinch salt; fresh ground pepper; ground nutmeg, a pinch; 5 ounces Baby Spinach; 1 1/2 ounces feta cheese; 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated

Submitted by lesliecoy

"Love Giada - Love Gnocchi - so have to cheat this one into my diet ! Saw her on the Today Show this morning making this one ! I use a Heavy Cream Substitute recipe in place of her heavy cream - the recipe is at the end of this one, makes one cup, so I double and add all to make this casserole."

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Ready In:: 1hr 30mins
Ingredients:: 11
Serves:: 4

ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package potato gnocchi, cooked as directed
1 ¹⁄₂ cups heavy cream (my Substitute or Half and Half)
1 ¹⁄₂ cups nonfat milk
¹⁄₂ cup reduced-sodium chicken broth (or veggie)
¹⁄₈ cup whole wheat flour
1 pinch salt
fresh ground pepper
ground nutmeg, a pinch
5 ounces Baby Spinach
1 ¹⁄₂ ounces feta cheese
¹⁄₄ cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated

directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place gnocchi in a lightly greased 8 x 8 inch baking dish and set aside.
In a medium saucepan, whisk together cream, milk, broth, and flour over medium heat. Continue whisking until the sauce is simmering and thickened, about 25 minutes.
Add salt, pepper and nutmeg, and stir to combine. Add spinach and toss to coat in the cream. Pour the cream and spinach mixture over the gnocchi evenly, spreading the spinach out to cover all the potato dumplings.
Crumble goat cheese over the spinach. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake until the top is golden in places, about 30 minutes.
NOTE: Heavy Cream Substitute.
3/4 cup milk (fat free).
1/3 cup margarine , melted and cooled (I use Brummel & Brown Yogurt Butter).
Combine the two ingredients in small bowl and use in place of one cup of Heavy Cream in recipes.

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lesliecoy

USA

I Love to cook - and I am trying to find great recipes to help me stick to my diet - but also great recipes that let me do the cooking I enjoy. I live in a cabin in Alaska with my husband, and our  brown lab. Husband enjoys skiing, fishing, and hunting, and I enjoy going along. Mostly I enjoy trying out a great new recipe and adding it to our Favorites.

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