RECIPE: Creamy Spinach Artichoke Pasta (from It’s Not Complicated by Katie Lee Biegel)
Real talk: I can destroy an order of spinach artichoke dip in mere minutes. Ryan and I got to talking and thought, Why not make it pasta? This is a total pantry/freezer/fridge recipe—frozen spinach, jarred artichoke hearts, cream cheese—and comes together really quickly. And we all know the best part of the spinach artichoke dip is the layer of melted cheese on the top … so of course, I went there.
1 pound rigatoni (or any short pasta)
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 (10 ounce) package frozen spinach, cooked and drained
1 (4 ounce) jar artichoke hearts, chopped
4 ounces cream cheese, cubed
1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella
Preheat broiler. Bring a large pot of water to a boil.  Season generously with salt.  Add pasta.  Cook a few minutes less than package directions.  Reserve 2 ½ cups pasta water.  Drain. Â
Combine oil and garlic in a large ovenproof skillet over medium heat.  Sauté 1 minute.  Add crushed red pepper.  Add spinach and artichokes.  Sauté a couple of minutes, season with basil, salt, and pepper.  Stir in ¾ cup pasta water.  Stir in cream cheese until it melts.  Add pasta and ½ cup pasta water to the pan. Toss to combine.  If too thick, add more water.  Turn off heat.  Stir in Parmesan.  Top with mozzarella and put under broiler for 2-3 minutes until bubbly and golden brown.
From bestselling author and the star of Food Network’s The Kitchen, It’s Not Complicated offers recipes designed to simplify cooking (and life!)
After years of throwing lavish, carefully planned dinner parties, hosting numerous food shows, and jet-setting across the globe, Katie Lee has settled down. Having recently married the love of her life, Lee prefers quiet dinners with her family to multi-day cooking affairs for dozens of guests. Pasta every Sunday. Thick cut rib eyes. Ideas for cooking vegetables that go beyond roasting. A perfect brownie. In short, her life is guided by a new principle: Things don’t need to be complicated to be good.
In It’s Not Complicated, Katie Lee, author, influencer, and Food Network star, offers 100 of her favorite recipes that are easy, yet exciting—and always delicious. Written for the veteran chef and kitchen novice alike, Lee’s recipes have few ingredients and simple steps that are meant to ease up your life. Perfect for weeknights, but special enough for having people over, It’s Not Complicated shares the recipes people really want: classic, unfussy sure-things.
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