Penne With Spinach and Feta
"For ease, taste and nutritional value - this recipe is truly a winner!"
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 1⁄3 cup pine nuts
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen spinach, thawed, well-drained
- 4 large plum tomatoes, seeded, finely chopped
- 1 lb penne pasta, cooked al dente
- 12 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
directions
- Melt butter with 2 tblsps oil in large skillet over medium heat.
- Add pine nuts and garlic and saute until pine nuts are light brown, about 5 minutes.
- Add spinach and tomatoes and saute until heated through, about 3 minutes.
- Place penne in large serving bowl.
- Add remaining 4 tblsps olive oil to pasta and toss to coat.
- Pour spinach-nut mixture over and toss to coat.
- Add feta.
- Season with salt and pepper (careful with the salt!) and toss thoroughly.
- Serve immediately.
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Reviews
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Good recipe. Didn't have pinenuts so used pecans. Generous servings and also toddler friendly. Well worth the effort. -
cheated completely. Used risoni, baby spinach, and canned diced tomatoes, didnt have any olive oil left, so only butter, everything else was the same:) turned out very well, served with steak, and I will do this again, the flavours are great! Next time I will follow the recipe, promise :) -
I changed this up, just a little bit, but this was very tasty, and makes a ton! First, I cooked maybe a pound of chicken breasts in a little olive oil and sprinkled with Recipe #38293. Sliced into bite sized pieces then set aside. Followed the rest of the recipe, but didn't use any butter. I also used 2-15 oz. cans diced tomatoes, undrained, in place of the roma tomatotes. Added the chicken in the spinach tomato mixture just before tossing with the pasta. This is one I'll be making again. :) -
I used 1 can of diced tomatoes without the juice. I prefer it with a little juice anyway, so these worked great. I also squirted in a little fresh lemon juice, about 1 T. for some added flavor, along with 1 tsp. Greek seasoning. Delicious! -
It was a little dry, so I added a little more butter...hehe. Served with parmesan. Good recipe!
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
