Best Spinach And Black Olive Linguine Recipes

LINGUINE WITH SPINACH

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This tasty dish - adapted from The Minimalist Cooks Dinner, by Mark Bittman (Broadway Books, 2001) - uses a good amount of spinach, which is great for boosting pregnancy-needed vitamins and minerals such as iron and folate. Spinach also contains more protein than most vegetables.

Provided by ElizabethKnicely

Categories One Dish Meal

Time 30m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 lb regular spaghetti or 1 lb multigrain spaghetti
1 -2 garlic clove, finely minced
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 lb fresh spinach, washed, with tough stems removed, and roughly chopped (or 1 8-ounce package frozen spinach, defrosted)
1/2 cup sun-dried tomato packed in oil, drained and chopped (or 1 pint sweet ripe cherry tomatoes, sliced)
1/4 cup pine nuts (optional)
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
parmesan cheese, to taste

Steps:

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta. Meanwhile, combine the garlic and red pepper flakes with the oil in a large bowl. When the pasta is nearly done, plunge the spinach into the water and cook until it wilts - less than a minutes. Drain pasta and spinach together quickly, then toss into the olive oil mixture. Add the tomatoes and pine nuts. Toss well, season with salt and pepper to taste, and serve with an ample topping of freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.

FASTEST PASTA WITH SPINACH SAUCE

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The very best pasta is often the simplest. Jack Bishop, the author of "The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook," has refined his technique for pasta and vegetable sauce to breathtaking efficiency: He cooks the greens with the pasta and adds the seasonings at the last minute. While the pasta is cooking, Mr. Bishop prepares the seasonings. Allow at least a gallon of water to a pound of pasta, because you need a large pot to accommodate the greens and because, if there is too little water, the addition of the greens will slow the cooking too rapidly.

Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories dinner, easy, quick, weekday, pastas, main course

Time 25m

Yield 3 to 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 clove garlic
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or to taste (optional)
About 15 calamata or other olives, pitted and roughly chopped
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 pound long pasta, like linguine
1 pound spinach, washed, tough stems removed, roughly chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and salt it. Meanwhile, mince the garlic as finely as possible and combine it in the bottom of a warm bowl with the red pepper flakes, olives and olive oil.
Place the pasta in the pot, and cook until it is nearly done (test it for doneness by tasting). Plunge the spinach into the water, and cook until it wilts, less than a minute. Drain quickly, allowing some water to cling to the pasta, and toss pasta and spinach in the bowl with the garlic and olive mixture. Season with salt and pepper, and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 613, UnsaturatedFat 16 grams, Carbohydrate 90 grams, Fat 20 grams, Fiber 7 grams, Protein 18 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 598 milligrams, Sugar 4 grams

SPINACH AND BLACK OLIVES

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Provided by Marian Burros

Categories easy, quick, side dish

Time 15m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 pound fresh loose spinach or 10 ounces fresh packaged spinach
1 large clove garlic
8 medium French, Italian or Greek black olives
Pan spray
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
Few shakes salt

Steps:

Wash and trim tough stems from spinach.
Mince garlic; pit olives.
Heat small nonstick pot and spray lightly with pan spray; saute garlic for 30 seconds.
Add spinach, olives and pepper flakes; cover and steam spinach for a few minutes, until wilted.
Season with salt, and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 97, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 11 grams, Fat 5 grams, Fiber 5 grams, Protein 7 grams, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Sodium 571 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram