Penne Rosa

Well, it's some other rainy twenty-four hours at the beach. Bummer every bit far every bit my opor-garai fun goes, but at to the lowest degree I'm getting lots of weblog posts done, right? We simply got rid of cable at our house, hence my kids are fascinated at having Cartoon Network again, hence at to the lowest degree they're happy beingness cooped upwards inside. The Sun came out briefly this forenoon but hence rapidly got rainy together with hence windy. I simply washed, dried, together with apartment ironed my pilus (a whole lot of proficient that did alongside this humidity, permit me say you...note snarky tone inwards that) inwards the hopes that it would assistance convey out the Sun because hence I'd desire to swim but would receive got to sacrifice my pilus to create so. Does that brand sense? Basically I'm hoping that my hairstyling volition receive got command over the weather condition somehow.

With that note, on to my post.

I love me a creamy pasta dish, but since I'm pretty witting of my calorie intake together with eating healthy, creamy pasta sauces are something I tend to avoid unless I'm beingness actually indulgent. So I was pretty excited when I saw this recipe on Pinterest for a creamy pasta sauce that used Greek yogurt for the creamy human face of it. If you lot haven't discovered Greek yogurt yet, you lot involve to endeavour it! It's super tasty together with real high inwards protein, which I love. The hubby together with I larn through it similar there's no tomorrow. Thankfully Costco sells it for super cheap! We both similar it for a fast, high-protien breakfast or snack, manifestly alongside a piddling dear drizzled on the top, or it's delicious alongside fruit mixed inwards every bit well. And you lot tin plow over the axe purpose it inwards house of all sorts of things. It's fantastic!! I fifty-fifty used it to brand boxed mac together with cheese late when I was out of milk, together with the lawsuit was amazing.

Now, I'll footstep downward off my Greek yogurt soapbox together with larn on alongside my weblog post.

Penne Rosa
Source: Back to Her Roots blog via Pinterest.com

12 ounces whole wheat penne
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 pinch crushed cherry-red pepper flakes
8 ounces push mushrooms, sliced
2 medium tomatoes (about 1/2 lb.) chopped
Salt together with pepper, to taste
4 cups fresh spinach
1/2 loving cup marinara sauce
1/3 loving cup 0% manifestly Greek yogurt
1/4 loving cup grated parmesan cheese


Cook penne according to parcel directions, omitting common salt together with fat. Drain together with laid aside.

In a large skillet alongside a lid, oestrus olive fossil oil over medium-low heat. Add inwards garlic together with cherry-red pepper flakes, ready for 2 minutes or until garlic begins to soften.

Add inwards mushrooms, tomatoes, common salt together with pepper. Cook for v minutes, or until mushrooms laid about to loose their water. Remove from heat, add together inwards spinach together with comprehend skillet. Let spinach wilt for 2 minutes.

Remove lid together with house skillet dorsum over depression heat. Add the penne, Greek yogurt together with pasta sauce. Stir until sauce is mixed good together with all pasta together with veggies are coated. Heat until simply warmed through. Divide into pasta bowls together with serve topped alongside parmesan cheese.

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The master copy recipe called for shrimp, but I left that out because I didn't receive got any, together with my kids don't actually similar it anyway, addition I idea nosotros needed a vegetarian repast because nosotros hadn't had ane inwards awhile. Wow that was a long sentence. That was the entirely alteration I made. This was a pretty large striking all around alongside my family. I mean value it would move delicious alongside the shrimp the master copy post service used,k but it was proficient on its ain alongside simply the vegetables. It's definitely something I'd brand again, specially when I desire a creamy pasta fix!


Mmmm...sauce.