Pasta With Ground Beef and Spinach
One Pot Beefy Pasta is as quick and easy as popular boxed dinners!
Pasta dishes are a favorite at our house and I love coming up with new ways to make them using one pot. Just like the boxed dinners you can buy in stores.
When I was a new cook I would occasionally make the boxed dinners. The kids seemed to love them. Me? Not so much.
I really didn't care for the taste. To me they kinda tasted like food that had been in a box. I used to work with a lady that would add all sorts of things to them to give them a more homemade taste.
I decided to try making the whole dish from scratch.
Now I've made several of these dishes.
Once you have the method down then changing the dish up is easy, you just swap like ingredients and voila! a different dish is born.
I also slipped some extra nutrition into this One Pot Beefy Pasta by adding 2 cups of fresh spinach.
According to the Vegetarian Times when you eat spinach that has been heated, you will absorb higher levels of vitamins A and E, protein, fiber, zinc, thiamin, calcium, and iron.
Important carotenoids, such as beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin, also become more absorbable.
I love the taste of the spinach so eating it is easy for me. My daughter liked it in this dish and that is awesome.
How to make One Pot Beefy Pasta:
Cook 1 pound ground beef in 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium-high heat until brown, about 7-10 minutes.
Add 1 teaspoon garlic and cook about 1 minute.
Pour in 1 24 ounce jar marinara sauce, one jar filled with water and 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning to the pot. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 12-15 minutes or until the pasta is tender.
Stir often to prevent the pasta from sticking to the pot as the water is absorbed.
Stir in 2 cups of fresh spinach and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese. Continue stirring gently until spinach wilts and cheese melts.
Top with reamining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.
Enjoy!
We like to serve this One Pot Beefy Pasta with a salad and garlic bread. These Easy Cheasy Drop Biscuits also go great with this dish!
One Pot Beefy Pasta
One Pot Beefy Pasta features ground beef, jar sauce and fresh spinach. It is as fast and easy as the popular boxed dinners and better for you!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 teaspoon garlic
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 jar marinara sauce 24 ounces
- 1 jar water
- 1 pound rotini or other short cut pasta
- 2 cups fresh spinach
- 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese divided
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Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high, add ground beef and cook until browned, about 7-10 minutes.
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Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
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Add Italian seasoning and marinara sauce, fill sauce jar with water and pour in pot. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to simmer and cook, covered for 12-15 minutes or until pasta is cooked, stirring often to prevent the pasta from sticking.
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Gently stir in spinach and 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese. Stir until spinach is wilted and cheese is melted. Top with remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.
I use 93/7 lean ground beef so I don't have to drain the ground beef (I use it because it is better for us, not having to drain it is definitely a plus). If you use ground beef that isn't lean I suggest draining it before you add the pasta sauce and water then proceed with the rest of the recipe.
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Some other one pot recipes you might like:
Chicken Spinach Tortellini Alfredo
Homemade Hamburger Helper Chili Mac
Homemade Hamburger Helper Cheesy Italian Shells
Source: https://www.mindyscookingobsession.com/one-pot-beefy-pasta/
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