Name: Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta with Spinach & Fresh Basil
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 ½ (142 g) pkg baby spinach; ¾ cup cashews, roasted unsalted; 3 small pkgs fresh basil; 3 cloves garlic; 1 ½ small pkgs grape tomatoes; 1 ½ lemons; 595 g penne pasta; 54 sun-dried tomatoes, oil-packed; black pepper; extra virgin olive oil; salt

Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta with Spinach & Fresh BasilSun-Dried Tomato Pasta with Spinach & Fresh Basil — a 35-minute dinner recipe with 11 ingredients, serving 6.Ingredients

1 ½ (142 g) pkg baby spinach

¾ cup cashews, roasted unsalted

3 small pkgs fresh basil

3 cloves garlic

1 ½ small pkgs grape tomatoes

1 ½ lemons

595 g penne pasta

54 sun-dried tomatoes, oil-packed

black pepper

extra virgin olive oil

salt

Instructions

Boil water in a kettle. (If you do not have a kettle, boil water in a saucepan, starting with hot tap water.)

In a small bowl, pour boiling water over cashews and set aside to soak.

Fill a large pot halfway with water, cover, and bring to a boil. Uncover, add salt and pasta, and stir for a few seconds. Cook until desired firmness, 8-10 minutes.

Meanwhile, wash and dry the fresh produce. (Skip the spinach if it came pre-washed.)

Halve the tomatoes and set aside in a medium bowl.

Pick basil leaves off the stems, roll up crosswise, and slice into ribbons. Add to the bowl with the tomatoes, setting some aside to use as garnish.

Thinly slice the sun-dried tomatoes and add to the bowl.

Juice the lemons into a blender. Peel and mince garlic; add to the blender.

Add additional sun-dried tomatoes, oil, salt, and pepper to the blender.

Add cashews, and the water you soaked them in, to the blender. Blend on high speed for several minutes until smooth.

Place spinach in a large colander in the sink. When the pasta is cooked, carefully empty into the colander over the spinach to drain and to wilt the spinach. Return the pasta and spinach to the pot and stir in the cashew-cream sauce, dried and fresh tomatoes, and basil.

To serve, divide pasta between plates, garnish with reserved basil, and enjoy!

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