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Pasta with Creamed Spinach

Spinach fans, this pasta dish is for you. This nourishing green, enveloped in silken tofu and tossed with pasta, will comfort your taste buds and make you feel virtuous at the same time.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 to 6 servings

Ingredients

12 ounces pasta, any short shape
One recipe Contemporary Creamed Spinach (page 212)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Cook the pasta according to package directions, drain, and return to the pot.

    Step 2

    Meanwhile, prepare the creamed spinach recipe. Combine it with the pasta in the pot and stir together. Cook just until the sauce is heated through. Serve at once.

  2. Menu

    Step 3

    Pasta with Creamed Spinach (this page)

    Step 4

    or

    Step 5

    Ricotta Pasta with Fresh Spinach (page 71)

    Step 6

    Red Cabbage, Carrot, and Apricot Salad (page 37)

    Step 7

    Broiled Portabella Mushrooms (page 203)

  3. nutrition information

    Step 8

    Calories: 181

    Step 9

    Total Fat: 5g

    Step 10

    Protein: 9g

    Step 11

    Carbohydrate: 23g

    Step 12

    Cholesterol: 0mg

    Step 13

    Sodium: 162mg

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