Warm Pasta Salad with Pecans and Spinach
 
 
Recipe type: Salads
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 8 oz. rigatoni pasta
  • ¼ cup Italian or Greek dressing
  • 2 Tbsp. olive oil
  • ½ cup sweet onion, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 5 oz. baby spinach
  • 1 cup ricotta cheese
  • ½ tsp. kosher salt
  • Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
  • ½ cup toasted pecans
Instructions
  1. Cook pasta in 2 quarts boiling, salted water until al dente, 7 to 8 minutes.
  2. Transfer pasta to large bowl and toss with dressing. Keep warm.
  3. Heat olive oil in skillet over medium-high heat.
  4. Sauté onions 3 to 4 minutes until they begin to become translucent.
  5. Add garlic and sauté 1 minute longer, stirring constantly.
  6. Add spinach to skillet and sauté until just beginning to wilt, 2 to 3 minutes.
  7. Combine with pasta and mix in ricotta cheese.
  8. Season with salt and pepper.
  9. Top with toasted pecans.
Recipe by ILovePecans at https://ilovepecans.org/warm-pasta-salad-pecans-spinach/