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A healthy pasta dish full of protein and good vitamins!
Filling enough to be a meal in itself!
Serves: 4
Filling enough to be a meal in itself!
Serves: 4
INGREDIENTS
- 12-14 oz Angel Hair Pasta Nests
- 3 pints cherry or grape tomatoes, halved lengthwise
- ¼ cup + 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3 T. minced fresh garlic
- ¼ t. crushed red pepper
- 2 t. kosher salt
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 15 oz. can of Cannellini Beans, drained and rinsed with water
- 4 handfuls of fresh baby spinach
- Fresh basil, julienned
- Fresh Parmesan, shaved or grated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Toss together tomatoes, crushed red pepper, ¼ cup olive oil, 2 T. of the garlic, and 1 t. kosher salt in a 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake for approximately 45 minutes until tomatoes soften and release their juices. You can do this a few hours ahead of time. Just let them stand and room temperature until ready to make pasta.
- Cook pasta according to package directions, save ¼ cup of the cooking water, drain and set aside.
- While pasta is cooking, heat 2 T. of oil over medium heat and saute onion until translucent, approx. 5-6 minutes. Add beans and garlic and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Add pasta, tomato mixture, spinach and saved pasta cooking water to pan.
- Toss until spinach is wilted.
- Top with fresh basil and Parmesan.
Recipe courtesy of Carey Aron, originally posted by World of Pastabilities.