Creamy pasta with lemon and spinach

Creamy, fresh and a touch sunny: this pasta with lemon and spinach feels like a light Italian evening in a bowl. The sauce is smooth and creamy, with a fresh lemon note that nicely balances the spinach. Everything comes together in one pan, leaving you with little to wash up and quick to sit down for a steaming plate of comfort food.

Because the sauce is made with oat-based vegetable cream, this dish remains completely without regular milk or cream. Convenient if you want to avoid cow's milk, and often suitable for a lactose-free day if you check the labels carefully. The ingredients are easy to find and the result is surprisingly elegant for such a quick meal.

Kitchen Italian

Time 20 min

Difficulty Easy

Equipment Cooking Pot

Portions

persons

Ingredients

250 g pasta (e.g. penne or fusilli)
150 g spinach
1 piece of lemon (zest + juice)
1 piece of onion (chopped)
2 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
150 ml oat cuisine
1 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper

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Preparation

Step 1: Cooking pasta

Bring a large pan of salted water to a boil and cook the pasta until al dente. Save a cup of the cooking liquid before you drain. This will allow you to adjust the sauce nicely later.

Step 2: Frying onion and garlic

Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté the onion and garlic until glazy and fragrant. Be careful not to brown the garlic, which will make the flavor bitter.

Step 3: Making creamy sauce

Pour the oat cuisine into the pan and stir gently. Let it simmer briefly until the sauce thickens slightly. Then add the lemon zest and juice and taste to see if the balance is right between creamy and fresh.

Step 4: Adding spinach

Add the spinach hand by hand and let it shrink in the hot sauce. Stir well so that everything mixes evenly. The sauce should turn soft green and shiny.

Step 5: Mix pasta and serve

Spoon the pasta into the sauce and mix well. Add a dash of cooking liquid if the sauce is too thick. Serve immediately with some extra lemon zest on top for a fresh touch.

Nutritional values per person

🥦 Vegetables: 150 g
🍝 Carbohydrates: 52 g
💪 Protein: 14 g
🥑 Grease: 12 g
🌾 Fiber: 7 g
🧂 Salt: 1.0 g
🔥 Energy: 480 kcal

Tips & label

Use extra lemon zest or a pinch of chili flakes for more zest.

Serve with a green salad or some toasted pine nuts for extra bite.

With oat cuisine, check for milk ingredients; some varieties contain traces of milk.

Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to two days and reheat gently with a splash of vegetable milk or water.

Do not overcook the pasta; al dente mixes better with the sauce and remains firmer.

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