I don’t know about you, but I get all excited when my favorite magazine arrives. For me, it’s the Food Network Magazine. Each issue is full of delicious recipes, gadgets, celebrity chef kitchen tours and more. I love the weeknight meal section which has great ideas for creating a delicious dinner without spending hours in the kitchen. It gets delivered to me at work which is probably not the best idea since it teases me all day with the mouthwatering foods on the front cover. I try to make at least one of the recipes the day I receive the latest issue and the recipe this time was spinach pesto pasta.
This recipe is a snap to make. Using fresh spinach and chicken sausage for the meatballs, it had a unique flavor without weighing you down. I followed the recipe completely. I did the steps a different way and I made my sausage patties bigger. But in all, it turned out great. Tip: avoid using a blender for the pesto. It won’t work. Stick with the food processor.
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Spinach Pesto Pasta with Chicken Sausage
Serves | 4 |
Prep time | 15 minutes |
Cook time | 15 minutes |
Total time | 30 minutes |
From magazine | Food Network Magazine |
Ingredients
- 10oz mezzi rigatoni
- 4 cups fresh spinach (divided)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
- finely grated lemon zest from 1 lemon
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper (more if you like it hot)
- 1/2lb ground italian chicken sausage
- 3 cloves garlic (sliced thin)
- fresh ground pepper to taste
- 1/2lb ground italian chicken sausage
- 3 cloves garlic (sliced thin)
- fresh ground pepper to taste
Directions
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Holy cow this was good! If you’re like me, you hope it comes out like the picture. This time, it did. Just my patties were larger and I didn’t shave the parmesan on top. But this was delicious and a must make again. Maybe next time with shrimp? We’ll see….. What would you change or do you think the recipe is perfect just the way it is?
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This looks so good! I love getting my favorite magazines in the mail too. I have some extra spinach in the fridge and am making my meal plans for the next few weeks today. I think I’ll be adding this to the list.
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Spinach and pesto are two of my favorite flavors, and I love them together, too. Good tip on a food processor for the pesto – it’s literally what it was made to do!
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