How to Make Perfect Budget baked spinach pasta

Budget baked spinach pasta. What to Serve with Creamy Tomato and Spinach Pasta. This Creamy Tomato and Spinach Pasta recipe is kind of a meal on its own, but you may want to add a side dish, like crusty Garlic Bread or No Knead Focaccia Rolls. Keep ¼ Cup of the Pasta Water before you drain the cooked pasta.

Drain the cooked pasta in a colander. Say hello to my latest dinner obsession: Easy Tomato and Spinach Pasta! Loaded with juicy cherry tomatoes, fresh spinach, olive oil, and a kick of red pepper flakes! You can have Budget baked spinach pasta using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Budget baked spinach pasta

1. Prepare 400 g of frozen spinach.
2. Prepare 400 g of elbow pasta.
3. Prepare 200 g of mozzarella cheese(sheets or grated).
4. Prepare 50 g of cheddar cheese grated(half cup).
5. You need 40 g of parmesan cheese, shredded.
6. Prepare 2 cup of full cream milk.
7. You need 2 of table spoons butter.
8. It's of Black pepper.
9. Prepare 1 teaspoon of dried basil.
10. Prepare 1 teaspoon of dried oregano.
11. It's of Salt.
12. Prepare of Cooking oil.
13. It's of Olive oil.
14. It's 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped.

This quick and easy pasta recipe is fast, flavorful, and budget friendly! It's no secret that I LOVE pasta. Forget spending a fortune on takeaway only to be disappointed when your meal is no longer hot by the time it is delivered to you. Add a handful of the spinach at a time and stir it into the pasta until it wilts.

Budget baked spinach pasta step by step

1. Bring 4 litre of water with some salt to boil. Add 2 tablespoon of cooking oil to avoid pastas stick together..
2. While water boiling, melt butter in a pan, add garlic,saute few seconds, add milk and cheddar cheese and parmesan cheese. Season with black pepper. Let it simmer until cheese start to melt..
3. Add pasta and frozen spinach. After pasta done cooking(it takes 8 to 10 minutes according to package instruction), drain pasta and spinach..
4. Brush a rectangle shallow heatproof containter with olive oil. Put pasta and spinach mixture, pour milk and cheese mixture over pasta, topped with mozzarella and dried herbs..
5. Bake in oven at degree of 200 C for about 30 minutes or until the top become golden..

Turn the heat off, add the cooked bacon back to the skillet, and sprinkle the Parmesan over top. Simple, classic pasta recipes are always a crowd pleaser and naturally budget friendly. Plus, with so many specialty-diet-friendly pastas on the market today, pasta is even more versatile than ever. Use these easy pasta recipes for quick weeknight dinners and meal prepping! (pictured: Best Weeknight Pasta Sauce) About BBC Good Food. We are the UK's number one food brand.

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