Meatless Monday Bowtied Spinach
Bowtied Spinach
We love pasta!!! I found this recipe in my recipe box. You can go without the bacon or prosciutto in this dish to make it meatless. Enjoy this yummy and eazy peazy recipe for today’s meatless Monday.
What You Need
3/4 Cup cashew nuts ( optional)
3/4 Cup raisins ( any or a mixture)
1/2 Cup olive oil ( not extra virgin)
3 Cloves garlic (minced)
1 Handful of baby spinach ( fresh,washed,dried)
1 Lb. Farfalle pasta (bowtie pasta)
1/4 Lb. Bacon (cooked and broken into pieces) Or Prosciutto ( cut into small pieces)this is optional if you are going meatless!
Salt and pepper
Grated Parmesan cheese ( as much as you want)
Large non stick skillet
Slotted spoon
Paper towel ( or tea towel) lined plate
Before You Start: Bring a pot of water to a boil ( according to pasta directions)
Lets Make It! Drop the raisins carefully into the boiling water, when they’ve plumped up scoop them out with a slotted spoon. Place on a tea towel ( or paper towel) lined plate to drain. Heat oil in skillet over medium high heat and add garlic, saute’, until soft (do not brown) add spinach and stir, cooking until wilted. Cook pasta according to package directions. When done, drain and place pasta in a large bowl, add the nuts, raisins, spinach mixture, prosciutto, salt and pepper, and grated cheese and stir to combine
Serves 4
*Katies Tid Bits-try craisins in this recipe instead of raisins
Looks yummy! Thanks for sharing. I’m going to feature this recipe tomorrow at I Made It! Monday. Hope you can link up again – I can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to lately.
It looks good! 🙂
Looks like a tasty recipe and may even be nice as a cold salad too.
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P.S. That sounds delicious! I’m definitely going to have to try it out. 🙂
Yum!!
Have to try this..
Oh yum! Great combination of some of my favorites. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Sheri thank you I hope you will give it a try Hugs
We eat several meatless dishes a week and this sounds like a great one to try!! Love spinach-
Hi Mary enjoy
With recipes like this i might going to like meatless Monday….. 😉
Thanks for sharing and your sweet comment on my post!
Leontien
We try and go meatless at least once a week. Hugs!
Ok, this looks so yummy! All my favorite things in one dish! I’m going to try this out this week! Thank you so much for sharing.
Cyndy
Please let me know how you liked it hugs
Please let me know how you liked it and if you make any changes. hugs
Oh wow, it looks delicious.
some of the steam blurred a bit of the photo ( I do that all the time taking the photo to soon, giggle.
Yes, yes, yes, this sounds wonderful and doable, even for me!
It is a simple recipe and has a wonderful taste. Hugs
YUMMY! can’t wait to try this…thanks so much!
Hi Ginger! my pleasure
Not sure about the raisins, but everything else sounds good.
You can always leave them out my friend 🙂 Hugs
Sounds fantastic! Will have to give it a try! Thanks for sharing!~Hugs, M
my pleasure, let me know if you like it Hugs
Spinach, raisins and olive oil are key parts of my diet, Katie. Thanks for another creative recipe and have a great week, dear friend!
Hugs!
wow…my son would love it
Please let me know if you try it 🙂