Penne with spinach and tomatoes
8
Points®
Total Time
29 min
Prep
14 min
Cook
15 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
This pasta dish is so fresh and flavorful and is super-easy to make. It incorporates chicken broth, garlic, spinach, oregano, grape tomatoes, and crumbled feta cheese, creating a dinner that's not only delicious, it's also impressive-looking and colorful enough to serve at a dinner party for friends and family. Just keep in mind that it's important to reserve the starchy pasta cooking liquid to help emulsify and thicken the sauce while you're tossing it all together with the broth and tomato juices. Feel free to experiment with whatever vegetables and cheese you have on hand as well. For some variety, use thin broccoli spears or broccolini instead of spinach, and pecorino romano instead of the feta. You could also use vegetable broth to make this vegetarian.
Ingredients
Uncooked penne pasta
8 oz
Table salt
1 tsp, for cooking pasta
Chicken broth
¼ cup(s), (see note)
Garlic
2 clove(s), minced
Spinach
8 oz, washed, stemmed, coarsely chopped (about 5 cups)
Dried oregano
¼ tsp
Table salt
¼ tsp, or to taste
Black pepper
¼ tsp, freshly ground, or to taste
Grape tomatoes
1 cup(s), halved
Crumbled feta cheese
6 Tbsp