Spinach and Black Bean Pasta
From jo_jo_ba 14 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Now this is the kind of school I like! I wrote this healthy, fast vegetarian recipe for my Supervision class' assignment on recipe development and quality control - this thing's been tested 6 times! The serving size of 8 is *very* generous - this makes a ton of food and is a whole meal in a bowl!
Ingredients
- 16 ounces whole wheat rotini or penne pasta shopping list
- 1 tbsp salt shopping list
- 1 ¼ cups vegetable broth shopping list
- 1 cup water shopping list
- 1 28-oz can whole tomatoes shopping list
- 4 ounces chopped broccoli shopping list
- ½ large onion, diced shopping list
- 1 clove garlic, minced shopping list
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper shopping list
- 1 tsp dried oregano shopping list
- ½ tsp ground cumin shopping list
- ½ tsp black pepper shopping list
- 10 tbsp (about ¾ a can) tomato paste shopping list
- 1 (19 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed shopping list
- 8 oz fresh spinach, torn shopping list
- ½ cup parmesan cheese shopping list
How to make it
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
- Add salt and pasta.
- Cook for 6 to 8 minutes (it should be shy of “al dente”) and drain. Do not rinse.
- Meanwhile, in a large pot over medium heat, bring the vegetable broth and water to a boil.
- Mix in diced tomatoes and broccoli, reduce heat slightly and cook 2 minutes.
- Add onion, garlic, cayenne pepper, oregano, cumin and black pepper. Cook 2 minutes, stirring.
- Stir in the tomato paste, mixing well.
- Add the black beans and spinach. Cook 7 – 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the drained pasta to the sauce mixture and mix gently to coat with sauce.
- Add the Parmesan, stir well and simmer in the sauce for 5 minutes, until pasta is al dente.
- *Note: Leftovers are delicious placed into individual casseroles or ramekins, topped with cheese and broiled!
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Jo Jo, how do you always get the amount per servings?
floridiangourmet
in Hudson loved it
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Oooh the pictures look really yummy! I'll have to try this.
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