🍳 Tomato penne with spinach 🍳

With the pan on medium heat add in the onion, garlic, chili, and onion. Toss them around for about 1 minute and let them cook for about 20 minutes.

After your onions have caramelized you can go ahead and add in your tomato sauce, salt & oregano. At this point you should have a lot of liquid in your pan so reducing that will allow your ingredients to mingle and intensify all those flavors.

Blanching the spinach. Once your water has come to a boil, you can blanch some veggies to add some extra freshness to your pasta. Blanching is a great way to remove the bitterness without adding it to the sauce. It also allows you to not overcook your veggies while still keeping the nutrients. It’s super simple, no extra oil, no extra pan, and it’s an easy add in to your pasta. Right before you add your pasta go ahead and blanch some spinach for 30 seconds. If you are adding a heartier veggie go for about 1 – 2 minutes. Take the spinach out and drop it into a bowl with ice water to flash it.

Once you have tasted your pasta and you think that it is at al dente, take the noodles out of the hot water, and add it directly into the sauce.