Quick Spinach Pasta

One of my favorite, simple and quick. 🙂

Ingredients

2 bunches spinach

2 or 3 cloves garlic

Salt to taste

8 oz. fusilli, corkscrew, or rotini pasta (any pasta you like)

1 cup chopped capsicum

1 Tbsp. olive oil

1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper (optional)

1 cup freshly shredded parmesan cheese

DIRECTION

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain Pasta.
2. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat.
3. Add crushed garlic and continue to cook until fragrant.
4. Add spinach, capsicum, season with salt, pepper, and basil, and cook until spinach is wilted; about 1 minute or so.
5. Add the drained pasta and mix well.
6. Top with Parmesan and serve hot.