Herb Cheese and Spinach Sauce With Pasta

cookiedog's Note:

This sauce has 3 ingredients and will be ready in the time it takes to cook the pasta. I like Aloutte cream/boursin cheese with this.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 lb pasta , cooked

Sauce

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 lb fresh spinach (stemmed and washed but not dried, and torn into pieces)
• 6 ounces cream cheese with garlic and herbs

Directions:

1. Heat olive oil in medium-size skillet over medium-high heat. Add wet spinach; cover pan; cook until spinach is wilted, 1 to 2 minutes.
2. Stir in cream cheese and salt and pepper to taste until cheese is melted.(You can also add a couple of tablespoons of water or milk if desired).
3. To serve, spoon over 1 pound of pasta, cooked.

Reviews

[Geca]

SPECTACULAR! My new favorite quick meal! Unbelievable, tastes like I've spent a long careful time preparing. I only had lite cream cheese with no flavoring, so I heated some garlic, oregano and basil in the oil first. Then I added the spinach and when it was wilted, the cream cheese. I was also liberal with salt and pepper and finally, I added something extra: some feta cheese which I melted down right before I finished cooking it. Really unbelievable! EDITED TO ADD: After making it a few more times I found that adding about 2tsbp of water after adding the cream cheese helps the consistency, makes it less goopy and easier to spread and coat pasta

[Dallas Chef W/Out Time]

Mixed reviews at my house. I added roasted chicken and lots of pepper, and actually enjoyed it--I'd give it an almost 4......ease of coming together and pleasant enough taste. Husband wasn't impressed. Proclaimed it 1 ingedient too many. Maybe I have had 1 husband too many? ;-) haha

[SarahLeanne]

This recipe is delicious! Makes a wonderful and easy dip! I baked mine in the oven until warm and bubbly then served it with tortia chips and pita bread for dippin! ;)