Weeknight dinners just became easy and simple with this Spinach Tomato Bow Tie Pasta!
I’m curious, how do you handle things when your plan is turned upside down? Me? Well I can go two ways. I either get very anxious, moody and snappy or I can let it roll right off me and move on. My son tells me I am unpredictable. I say good! I don’t always want to be the same way.
I guess I feel like if I am the same then I am not changing and growing and hopefully maturing, even in my ripe old age!
Well I had this milkshake I wanted to share with you. I took pictures and everything. Then I decided to scratch it because I just didn’t like the way the pictures came out. You see when I made this red velvet milkshake I was so in love the photos that it is going to be hard to top them in my book. So it is back to the drawing board and you get pasta today!
I am actually pretty happy with this pasta because it has four ingredients, minus salt and oil. It is ready in less than 30 minutes and you have an amazing dish that can feed a crowd or gives you plenty of leftovers to send the kids off to school with!
I used to always begin my pasta sauces with a soffritto. For some reason I stop doing that. Maybe I have been lazy, I am not sure but I do know is that I have been missing out on a wonderful flavor to my pasta sauces!
Soffritto is the base of an good Italian dish. It is basically onions and oil. A lot of times you also find carrots and celery but I left those out of this dish. ENJOY!
Spinach Tomato Bow Tie Pasta
Ingredients
- 24 ounces bow tie pasta
- sea salt
- 1/2 onion chopped
- 4 roma tomatoes diced
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoons salt divided
- 8 ounces frozen spinach cooked and drained
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add sea salt and pasta and cook for 10-12 minutes or till al dente.
- In the meantime prepare the sauce.
- In a large saute pan add onions, 1 tablespoon oil and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- Turn heat on medium and cook until onions are translucent about 8 minutes.
- Add diced tomatoes, garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook till soft, about 5 minutes.
- When pasta is done cooking drain and pour into a large bowl.
- Top with cooked spinach, onions and tomatoes. Stir.
- Serve immediately and ENJOY!
More pasta that you may enjoy!
Ginny McMeans
What a beautiful and delicious looking dinner! I know exactly how you feel about failed photos. I love pasta too though so thank you for the recipe. 🙂
Annie @Maebells
What a fantastic dish! I love a good pasta!
Kate @ Diethood
I get snappy. FOR SURE! DO NOT play with my daily routine… that’s my motto! hahaha
And about this lovely amazingness… 4 ingredients, 30 minutes AND delicious?? YES, PLEASE!
Paula - bell'alimento
30 minutes and 4 ingredients oh yeah here comes dinner!
amanda @ fake ginger
I haaaaate when I upload photos to my computer and realize I hate them. THE WORST.
I’m totally into this pasta though. I always feel healthier when I add spinach to pasta. And this looks delicious!
Lora @cakeduchess
So very frustrating when you think you have something ready to post…so much work goes into producing a post. But an easy and flavorful pasta dish: no stress and much more fuN!!
Brenda@Sugar-Free Mom
I know just the feeling when you have this awesome recipe and your picture don’t do it justice, but I think you came up with another recipe that works for so many. It’ simple, needs just a few ingredients we all have on hand and it’s tasty. So….WiNNING!
Cookin Canuck
I do that all the time…if the photos aren’t making me happy to look at, the recipe gets put on the back burner until I have a chance to do a re-shoot. But frustrating when you just want to share the recipe, right? This pasta sounds like a great option for a weeknight meal.
Becky | The Cookie Rookie
This looks like the perfect comfort food! I need some!
Erin @ Texanerin Baking
Post the milkshake! 😀 I’m sure we’ll love it! And this pasta looks great and so easy! Love meals like this for busy weeknights.
Heather / girlichef
This does sound good, maybe even better than a milkshake ;). I love that it only has a few ingredients, too!
Jaren (Diary of a Recipe Collector)
I’ve been so hooked on putting spinach in everything lately, so this is looking really good to me!
Lauren @ Healthy Delicious
I get very cranky when things don’t go as planned – it’s a habit I wish I could break. Anyway this pasta looks great, and I hope you get the perfect photo of that milkshake soon!
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes
I can always use more quick meal ideas! Thanks so much for the recipe!