Description

This easy vegetarian dish can be a main dish or a side dish. The bowtie pasta is served in a creamy sauce with mushrooms, spinach half-and-half, Parmesan cheese and caramelized onions.

Ingredients

• Caramelized Onions:
• 1 T. olive oil
• 3 large yellow onions, sliced
• 1/4 t. salt
• 1 T. balsamic vinegar
• Creamy Pasta Sauce:
• 1 T. olive oil
• 10 oz. button mushrooms, sliced
• 6 oz. fresh spinach
• 1 c. half-and-half*
• 1 c. Parmesan cheese, shredded
• 1/4 t. salt
• Pasta:
• 8 oz. farfalle pasta (bowtie pasta)

Steps

1. Caramelized Onions:
2. Heat the olive oil on medium-high heat in a large skillet; add sliced onions; cook on high heat for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. The onions should start to brown, but not burn.
3. Reduce heat to medium; cook onions for 10 more minutes, stirring, as onions brown even more without burning. Sprinkle a pinch of salt over onions.