Creamy Mushroom Bacon And Spinach Pasta Low Fat Recipes

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil.
• Spray a pan with olive oil spray and sauté finely chopped onion, capsicum, bacon and garlic.
• When soft add mushrooms and as much or as little chilli as you like.
• Cook until soft.
• Put pasta into boiling water and bring back to the boil.
• Cook to your liking.
• Add dijon mustard and evaporated milk to the onion mix.
• Stir to combine and heat very gently until pasta is ready.
• If you like a'wetter' sauce add a small amount of the pasta cooking water to the onion/milk mixture.
• Place washed spinach leaves into a colander.
• When ready drain the pasta over the spinach.
• This will wilt the spinach- the only'cooking' it needs.
• Add the pasta/spinach mix to the sauce.
• Stir to combine.
• Serve topped with freshly ground black pepper and parmesan cheese if desired.
• **Note: In Australia, on the Weight Watchers points plan, WW bacon is 1/2 a point for 3 slices and the small tin (185ml) of carnation brand light and creamy evaporated milk is 3 points.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over a medium heat and fry the onion and mushrooms for 10 mins, or until softened and browned slightly. Meanwhile, cook the pasta following pack instructions.
• Add the garlic to the pan with the mushrooms and cook for 2 mins more. Tip in the crème fraîche and parmesan, stir to combine, then add the baby spinach. Set aside.
• Remove the pasta from the heat and drain, reserving 25ml of the water. Toss the pasta in the creamy mushroom sauce, put back on the heat and cook over a low heat until the spinach wilts, about 5 mins. Pour in enough of the reserved water to loosen slightly. Season with black pepper and finish with a sprinkle of chilli flakes, if you like.

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in boiling water in a large non-stick saucepan according to pack instructions. Meanwhile, slice the mushrooms and snip the bacon into bite-size pieces with scissors or a sharp knife.
• Reserve a few drops of the cooking water in a cup or bowl, then drain the pasta and set aside. Fry the bacon and mushrooms in the same pan until golden, about 5 mins. Keep the heat high so the mushrooms fry in the bacon fat, rather than sweat.
• Tip the pasta and reserved water back into the pan and stir over the heat for 1 min. Take the pan off the heat, spoon in the pesto and crème fraîche and most of the basil and stir to combine. Sprinkle with the remaining basil to serve.