Beans And Greens Pasta

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 4 cups chopped onions
• 1 cup chopped mushroom
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves
• 4 cups torn spinach leaves
• 1/2 cup vegetable broth or 1/2 cup water
• 1 (15 ounce) can navy beans or 1 (15 ounce) can great northern beans
• 8 ounces bow tie pasta, cooked,warm
• 2 -4 tablespoons toasted pine nuts or 2 -4 tablespoons slivered almonds
• 2 -4 ounces parmesan cheese, shredded (optional)
• salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 spray a large skillet with cooking spray.
• 2 saute the onion, mushrooms, garlic, and rosemary until tender, about 5 to 8 minutes.
• 3 add the spinach and the broth to the skillet, then heat to boiling.
• 4 reduce heat and simmer, covered, until the spinach is wilted, about 5 to 8 minutes.
• 5 stir in the beans and cook until the broth is evaporated, about 3 to 4 minutes.
• 6 stir the bean mixture into the pasta.
• 7 add half of the cheese (if desired), and the pine nuts/almonds.
• 8 season to taste with salt.
• 9 sprinkle remaining cheese on top.