Best of the Blog - Creamy Tomato and Spinach Pasta from Budget Bytes

Welcome back to Best of the Blog, where I review top-rated recipes from popular food blogs! Today we're reviewing Budget Bytes Creamy Tomato and Spinach Pasta. This recipe clocks in at 4.86 from 368 votes. Okay!!

This pasta looked delicious, and I loved the simple ingredients. I was surprised to see it used cream cheese, and was interested to see how that worked out!

You start by boiling your noodles, and making your sauce in the meantime. It's pretty straightforward - you saute the onion and garlic, then add the diced tomatoes and spices. Once that's combined, add the tomato paste and some water to help it combine into the sauce. Add the cream cheese in smaller cubes, and once combined, add the parmesan. 

Add the spinach and until it is wilted, and then turn down the heat. Drain the noodles (I reserved some of pasta cooking water and added it to the sauce). 

Then, add the noodles to the sauce and combine well. Here I added a little of that pasta cooking water to help the sauce really come together and stick nicely to the pasta. 

Folks, this dish does not mess around! With simple ingredients, it is super flavorful and delicious. It really was easy with minimal chopping, mostly pantry ingredients, and I think could be easily modified. You could do frozen spinach instead of fresh, add protein like chicken or beans, and it re-heats well. We were surprised at how much we loved it!!

I definitely think this will be added to my pasta rotation, and will definitely keep it in mind for an easy meal. I would highly recommend this recipe and can see why this is such a top-rated recipe on Budget Bytes!