Colorful Tomato and Spinach Seafood Pasta

Category: Main Dishes | Blog URL: http://motherrimmy.com/wordpress/?p=3865

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.

Photo: Kristi Rimkus

Ingredients

4 ounces whole wheat pasta, spaghetti

1 large shallot, finely chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

4 cups spinach, chopped

2 large Roma tomatoes, chopped

8 ounces cod (or any light meat fish or shrimp), cut into bite sized pieces

1/2 cup chicken broth

cup white wine

2 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh squeezed

2 tablespoons flour

1/4 cup to ½ basil (dependent on your taste), roll leaves together and then slice into thin pieces

2 tablespoons parmesan cheese , shredded

1 tablespoon olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Cook spaghetti according to package directions.

Heat oil in large non-stick skillet. Add onion and garlic and cook 3 – 4 minutes.

Add tomatoes and cook another 3 – 4 minutes until tender.

Toss cod with flour and salt and pepper to taste.

Add cod to pan and cook another 3 minutes, add another tsp olive oil if necessary.

Add chicken broth and wine and cook another 3 minutes, stirring gently to make sauce, but not break up fish.

Add spinach and basil and cook another 3 – 4 minutes until spinach just wilts and sauce has reduced nicely.

Top pasta with cod and parmesan cheese.

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About

Okay, I admit defeat. I just don’t get pasta. You could take this dish without the pasta and it’s 200 calories less per serving. Add the pasta (even better for you whole wheat – not whole grain, but whole wheat -pasta), and the calories skyrocket! I guess for me, I’d rather have a whole grain roll for that many calories (or less)!

Even so, I have a pasta lover in the house. He loves those heavy pasta sauces full of put you in the grave fat and calories, so I decided to try a lighter version of his favorite seafood pasta.

He loved the dish, but I have to admit he thought I could have added some cream and butter. Maybe next time I’ll add some fat free half and half.

Happy cooking!