With how busy life has been–work projects, weekend travels, and baking 😛 –I have not had the time to go Non-Indian for dinner. I finally got my chance today because all I had was pasta! I looked for something that would go with pasta and I found spinach, a bag of frozen vegetables and a container of ricotta that was nearing its expiration date.. Soooo our growling stomachs had to settle for this Ricotta Cheese Pasta – that was both creamy and delicious!
Ingredients:
- Pasta – Any kind (I used whole wheat Rotini Pasta)
- Vegetables – 1 cup (I used frozen veggies, cauliflower and Spinach for color)
- Ricotta Cheese – 1/2 cup
- Milk – 1/4 cup
- Bread crumbs – 3 tbsps
- Oregano and Basil seasoning – 2 tsps, each
- Pepper – 2 tsps
- Salt – to taste
- Cheese – to garnish
Instructions:
In a pan, boil water. Once the water starts to boil, add in the pasta. Cook with salt and a tsp of oil. Once cooked, run through cold water and keep aside.
In another pan, heat some oil. Fry the spinach and vegetables till well cooked. Add in the Italian seasoning, pepper powder and salt. Fry well.
Add in the ricotta cheese and saute the vegetables. Add the pasta once ladle at a time, keep mixing so that the sauce is incorporated evenly throughout the pasta.
Finally add the milk. Stir well and turn off heat.
Garnish with bread crumbs and cheese… enjoy!
Kitchen Endeavor by Ankitha 