Description

Make your meatless Mondays special with this fantastic dish. It's full of wonderful mushrooms, penne pasta, four different cheeses and walnuts. It's satisfying and delicious.

Ingredients

• 10 oz. penne pasta
• 2 c. medium mushrooms, sliced (shitake, porcini or your favorite)
• 3 c. fresh spinach
• 3/4 c. heavy cream
• 1/2 c. freshly grated Parmesan cheese, divided plus more for garnish
• water or vegetable broth/stock
• 4 oz. cream cheese, cubed
• 8 oz. package shredded Mozzarella cheese
• 1 c. cottage cheese
• 1/2 c. walnuts, roughly chopped
• 1 T. extra-virgin olive oil
• kosher salt, to taste
• freshly ground pepper, to taste
• garlic powder, to taste

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Rinse spinach, drain and pat dry. Wipe off mushrooms and slice.
3. Cook pasta to al dente in well salted boiling water according to package directions, about 11 minutes; drain.