Spinach and Ricotta Spaghetti

If you love pasta and spaghetti, you need to give this recipe a try.  It's quick, easy and good for you with the spinach and garlic.  The nuts and raisins give this dish a whole different dimension and the pesto adds a little kick.  The creamy ricotta cheese just pulls all the flavours together.  Best of all is that this meal doesn't make you feel bloated like spaghetti bolognese.

Ingredients

150g Wholemeal pasta

140g Fresh spinach

125g Ricotta cheese

2 cloves of garlic – thinly sliced

20g pine nuts

20g raisins

2 Tbs of Pesto from a jar (or home made)

1 Tbs Olive Oil

Tbs Butter

Procedure

1. Boil the pasta according to the packet's recommendations

2. Heat a frying pan over a medium heat

3. Add the garlic and pine nuts and heat for a minute

4. Add the raisins to the garlic and nuts

5. Add the spinach and cook until it wilts (turning a few times in the pan)

6. Take the spinach mixture off the heat

7. Drain the pasta when al dente

8. Pour the pasta back into the saucepan

9. Add the butter and stir

10. Add the pesto and stir

11. Add the spinach mixture and stir

12. Pour the pasta and spinach mixture onto two plates

13. Crumble the ricotta over the pasta and spinach mixture.

Serves 2