This sun-dried tomato pasta with spinach and mushrooms is set to be in your weekly rotation! This spinach and sundried tomato pasta comes together all in one-pot and it just has SO much flavor going on. The perfect weeknight meal!

It starts with a simple grill of baby bella mushrooms, red pepper flakes and white wine to reduce down. Then finished with chopped sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, parmesan and chopped parsley. I love to end my pasta dishes with a fresh squeeze of lemon juice, too. These flavors together = chef’s kiss!

This recipe is heavily inspired by my Aunt! This dish is a staple meal that my Auntie Nina created and loves to cook when I go to her house – and we all rave about it. Truly delicious!

What ingredients do you need for sun-dried tomato pasta recipe?

• Linguine, other pasta like penne pasta, or spaghetti work too!
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Crushed red pepper
• Mushrooms
• White wine
• Sun dried tomatoes
• Garlic
• Butter
• Fresh baby spinach
• Parmesan cheese
• Parsley, Fresh Basil works too
• Lemon juice
• Salt and pepper

Additions: Feel free to adjust and add any proteins to this dish like chicken breast, bacon and Italian Sausage! You can also make this pasta creamy, by adding heavy cream!

Other additions such as toasted pine nuts, or walnuts would be great here, too!

Steps To Make This Spinach and Sundried Tomato Pasta

Step 1

Bring a large pot to a boil for your pasta. When boiling, salt generously and add in your pasta and cook pasta until 1 to 2 minutes under al dente according to the package instructions. We will finish cooking in the sauce.

Step 2

In the meantime, in a separate large skillet or cast iron, heat a drizzle of oil or sun-dried tomato oil (from the container, olive oil, and add in your red pepper flakes, salt and pepper and let that bloom for about 1 minute.

Step 3

Next, add in your mushrooms and sauté. You want your mushrooms grilled throughout, darkened and soft, but not burnt or charred. Cook for about 7-8 minutes, stirring every few minutes. Add in your garlic and stir.

Add in your white wine and reduce that down.

Step 4

Next, on medium heat, add in your chopped sun-dried tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper. Stir well until it’s all combined.

As your pasta is finishing cooking, remove and add in about 1/4th cup of pasta water to your skillet to start to create your sauce.

Step 5

Drain your pasta, while reserving more pasta water as needed. Add in your pasta to the skillet and mix well until all combined, finishing cooking here as well on the pasta. Add in your butter and 1 tablespoon grated parmesan. Adjust with more pasta water as needed, about 1/4th cup.

Step 6

Once that’s all combined, add in your spinach and let that wild down. At this point, you can also adjust with more parmesan as you prefer.

Turn off the heat, toss in your chopped parsley and lemon squeeze. Top with more parmesan and serve!

Tips, Tricks and Substitutions

Do I need to use baby bella mushrooms? Feel free to substitute with any of your favorite mushrooms, shiitake, maitake, button, any will work well here!

What if I don’t like spicy? Omit chili flakes if you don’t want a little heat with this dish.

Can I add a protein to this? Yes! Some ideas for protein add-on that will be great are shrimp or chicken, tofu as well.

What if I can only find dried sun-dried tomatoes and not in oil? I would dehydrate your sun-dried tomatoes if they do not come in oil and then marinate them in oil if you can only find dried. The container with oil with add a lot more depth and flavor in the pasta dish and allow for a more silkier, combined sauce.

Check out the below pasta recipes for more inspiration!

• Pasta with White Wine and Mussels
• Pasta with Leeks and Green Peas
• Caramelized Leek and Cabbage Pasta with Lemon
• Rigatoni Alla Vodka with Whipped Ricotta

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