***Cooking with Betty: Yummy Pasta Dinner

written by Betty Lynch

Summer time is here, and it is going to be a hot one in Texas this year. So I am pulling out the easy pasta recipes that will turn dinner time into yummy and not so hot in the kitchen time. Pasta can make quick and easy meals.
I am so grateful for my readers and for sending me their favorite recipes. Thank you and please keep them coming. Smiles and hugs from Texas.

Yummy Pasta Dinner

1 large onion thinly chopped
2 cloves of garlic, smashed, then chopped
1 20 oz. can of diced tomatoes in juice
1 bunch of fresh spinach or a bag or chopped frozen spinach
1/2 cup of white wine
salt to taste
pepper to taster
Italian herbs such as basil, oregano, or thyme to taste
1 box of Healthy Harvest whole wheat spaghetti
1/4 cup of grated romano cheese (for topping)
2 tablespoons of olive oil for sauteing

Heat dutch oven and add olive oil, chop onions and add to the oil, saute until almost tender and transluscent (about 10 minutes)
Add cleaned and separated spinachr
Add chopped garlicr
Saute until spinach reduces and everything is tenderr
Add canned tomatoes plus juicesr
Add white winer
Salt and pepper to taster
Add dried Italian spices

Serve over cooked Healthy Harvest Whole Wheat Spaghetti . Toss in a handful of grated Romono or Parmesano Regiano cheese before serving.