Greek Penne Pasta (6 WW Points)

Trixyinaz's Note:

Another WW recipe I just had to add to my collection. Serving size is 1-1/2 cups.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 12 ounces uncooked penne
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 2/3 ounce pine nuts, about 2 tbsp
• 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed (I used freshly cooked spinach and it was just fine)
• 1 lb plum tomato, chopped
• 4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
• 6 medium olives, black,pitted and chopped (I prefer the green Greek or Italian olives)

Directions:

1. Cook pasta according to package directions (without butter or oil), drain and set aside.
2. Coat a large skillet with cooking spray.
3. Add olive oil and heat over medium-high heat until oil sizzles.
4. Add pine nuts and garlic.
5. Cook and stir until pine nuts are golden brown, about 3 minutes.
6. Stir in spinach and tomatoes and cook until heated through, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes.
7. Add spinach mixture to pasta and toss until combined.
8. Serve pasta sprinkled with feta cheese and black or green olives.

Reviews

[Shabby Sign Shoppe]

Nice and easy dish. I subbed 1 rinsed and drained can of tomatoes for plum tomatoes. Now that tomatoes are in season I'll use fresh next time. Add greek seasoned chicken for a meal!

[Robin Riger]

Awesome! Delicious! Filling! Easy!

[Kumquat the Cat's friend]

Relatively easy vegetarian one dish meal. I used 1 lb. tomatoes (plum tomatoes at the store didn't look very good, so I used regular) and reduced the pasta to 8 ounces (I prefer additional sauce). The toasted pine nuts put this over the top. Couldn't find reduced fat feta that day, so I used regular (less than recommended) and used cooked fresh spinach as per suggestion. This resulted in a very fresh-tasting meal.:) My BF and I ate just about the whole dish in one sitting. I didn't feel it needed any herbs, but oregano would go well with this.