Description

Sometimes the simplest ingredients make the best dish. It's quick, easy and so delicious.

Ingredients

• 4 oz. spaghetti cooked per package instructions (reserving 1/2 cup cooking liquid)
• 1 T. olive oil
• 4 c. fresh baby spinach
• pinch of crushed red pepper flakes, or to taste
• 2 large cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 T. butter
• 2 T. toasted pine nuts
• Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Steps

1. Cook pasta according to package directions in well salted boiling water; drain, reserving 1/2-1 c. cooking water.
2. Toast the pine nuts in a dry skillet being careful not to burn them.
3. Just before the spaghetti is done, heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add spinach and crushed red pepper flakes, stirring constantly, for 30 seconds. Add garlic and butter, cook stirring constantly for 30-45 seconds, or until spinach is just wilted.