Pasta with Spinach Pesto

Thinking about vegetables and wanting a very green dinner, I went for pasta with a spinach pesto. Fortunately, I made enough that we ate it for three nights.  It was super simple and it had enough spinach to make Popeye proud! To top it all off, it was so simple, which was exactly what I was looking for.

Pasta with Spinach Pesto
1 package of spaghetti or angel hair
2 bags of spinach (1 bag can be used for a less spinach-y dish)
3 garlic cloves
2 tsp olive oil
1 tbsp toasted pine nuts
1/2 cup water
salt and pepper

Boil pasta, do not rinse, transfer to large bowl. Place all other ingredients into the food processor and puree. Mix all ingredients together and fold into pasta. Top with fresh grated Parmesan cheese. May also top with chopped with sun dried tomatoes and toasted pine nuts.

We ate it for 2 nights before deciding to spice it up a little with the sun dried tomatoes and pine nuts. I do admit, it was much better with the tomatoes, as most things are.

Pasta with Spinach Pesto: ~265 calories per serving, recipe makes about 6 servings.
With 1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes and 1/2 tbsp toasted pine nuts: ~328 calories