Lightly wilted spinach leaves, the special and unique heirloom tomato, fresh garlic and olive oil and a squeeze of lemon.
This recipe for this light pasta dish, it works great as a side dish, or even just a light dinner.
The sauce is very light and comes from a little olive oil, dry wine, and the juice of the heirloom tomatoes used in it.
Not only is it beautiful, but it's a pasta dish you should feel good about eating, like you did something good for your body.
This will leave your hunger satisfied, without guilt.
If desired, sprinkle a little Parmesan cheese on right before serving. Looking for more ways to use heirloom tomatoes? Try Heirloom Tomato Flatbread and delicious heirloom Yellow Tomato Chicken Skillet with Orzo for a quick and easy one pan meal.
For more light, delicious pasta dishes, try:
- Summer Squash Pasta
- Pasta Primavera with Chicken
- Spicy Sausage and Kale Pasta (Not as light as the others, but delicious as well.)
Heirloom Tomato Capellini
Ingredients
- 2 cups diced heirloom tomatoes
- 3 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 10 cloves garlic
- 2 cups fresh spinach leaves
- 1 lemon
- 1 cup chicken stock
- ¾ cups dry white wine such as sauvignon blanc or pinot grigio
- freshly shaved parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Prepare capellini according to al dente pasta directions. Once drained, leave in the colander until the end, when we will combine it with the sauce.
- In a shallow skillet, heat olive oil on medium heat.
- Add diced heirloom tomatoes, and garlic, sauté until garlic is slightly done. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Add white wine and chicken stock to tomatoes and garlic and simmer until reduced by half.
- Remove from heat, toss cooked pasta and spinach leaves, along with the fresh juice of half a lemon. Spinach will begin to wilt from the heat of the pasta.
- Serve with freshly shaved parmesan and a lemon wedge.
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