Greek Penne Pasta (6 WW Points)

Submitted by Trixyinaz

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

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 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

[Sandy S.]

I added Genoa salami and pepper jack cheese to this recipe and everyone loved it! Great recipe!

 

[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 R]

Awesome! Delicious! Filling! Easy!

 

[IFortuna]

Great recipe, however, I would use kale as it is higher in nutrients and lowest in oxalic acid. I love pasta salads!

 

[Kumquat the Cats fr]

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.