Description
This Spinach Feta Pasta is made with just 5 ingredients and is perfect for a cozy, healthy vegetarian dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound dry pasta, I recommend using a bite sized pasta shape. You can use gluten free or whole wheat pasta if you like.
- 6 ounces baby spinach leaves, washed and roughly chopped
- 3–4 cups pasta sauce or marinara sauce, depending on how saucy you want your pasta bake
- 1 1/2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
- 6 oz container crumbled feta cheese, or a large block that you’ve cut into small squares
- Salt and pepper, to taste, if needed
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F. Start by cooking your pasta. Cook according to package directions and drain. Add the spinach leaves into the empty pasta cooking pot and then poor the hot pasta right on top of the spinach. Give it a stir to make sure the heat from the pasta gets to all the spinach. That should help wilt the spinach and break it down.
- Next, pour in the pasta sauce, feta cheese (make sure to leave a little for topping) and 1 cup of mozzarella cheese. Stir to make sure all the ingredients are evenly distributed and then pour pasta into a large baking dish (9×13). Top your pasta with another small handful of feta cheese and remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella and then cover pasta bake with aluminum foil.
- Place baked feta pasta in the oven and bake until you can hear the sauce bubbling, 20-25 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another 5 minutes or so, until the cheese on top is melted.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Category: Pasta, Vegetarian
- Method: Stovetop and oven
- Cuisine: Italian
