This pasta doesn't look like much, but it has incredible taste and has a healthy load of vegetables in it. Lightly cook 2 handfuls of spinach, 1 can of artichokes, 2 tomatoes, 2 cloves of garlic, and 1/4 a cup of extra virgin olive oil. Once everything is tender, pour into your blender. Add 1 cup of milk (I used Almond milk, which tasted excellent), and 1 cup of grated Parmesan cheese. Blend everything until smooth. Be careful when blending as sauteed ingredients are hot. Pour blended mixture into saucepan. Add into the saucepan a little more extra virgin olive oil and a 1/4 cup of starchy water that you cooked the pasta in and heat. The starchy water helps the sauce stick to the pasta. Once sauce is heated add cooked pasta into the sauce and toss till pasta is coated with sauce. To garnish add some basil on top of pasta. To make it even healthier you could use whole wheat pasta. I was feeling like white pasta for a little treat. Always be sure to cook your pasta one minute less then the box suggests for al dente, unless you like mushy pasta. This meal would be great for kids that are picky about vegetables, you don't even know they are in there. You can experiment with all sorts of veggies for this one. Hope you enjoy!
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