Creamy Mushroom Spinach Pasta

Ingredients

• 12 oz dried pasta, penne
• 16 oz mushrooms, sliced
• 6 cup spinach
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 4 clove garlic, minced
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper

Instructions

1. Cook the pasta in salted water until al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water and drain.
2. Heat the butter and oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the mushrooms 7 minutes, without stirring too often, until deeply browned.
3. Add the garlic and thyme and cook 30 seconds. Pour in the cream, salt and pepper and simmer 3 minutes.
4. Stir in the parmesan and spinach until the spinach wilts.
5. Add the pasta and a splash of pasta water and toss until coated. Serve immediately.

Nutrition facts (per serving)

USDA FoodData Central (Foundation Foods 2026-04 and SR Legacy 2018-04): ingredient grams from FDC foodPortions, energy = protein/fat/carbohydrate × the food's specific Atwater factors (general 4/9/4 when FDC lists none), rounded per FDA 21 CFR 101.9(c).