Pasta with spinach artichoke dip
A pantry dinner where jarred spinach artichoke dip becomes a creamy sauce for pasta in fifteen minutes. The dip's tang and cheese carry you through without much else; stir it into hot pasta with garlic and oil.
About 560 calories a serving, 15 g protein, 86 g carbohydrate, 17 g fat. From USDA figures for 80% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
From your shelf
- 1 jar (16 oz) spinach artichoke dip
Staples
- 8 oz pasta
- as needed salt
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 cloves, minced garlic
- to taste pepper
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and cook 8 oz pasta until al dente, about ten minutes; drain, reserving 1 cup pasta water.
- While the pasta cooks, heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large pan over medium heat, add 2 minced garlic cloves, and cook until fragrant, about one minute.
- Stir the full jar of spinach artichoke dip into the garlic oil and warm through over low heat, one to two minutes, thinning with reserved pasta water until the sauce coats a spoon.
- Toss the drained pasta with the sauce, adjusting consistency with more pasta water if needed, and season with pepper.
Note Swap the dip for ricotta and jarred pesto if you have them. Leftovers keep three days in the fridge and reheat gently with a splash of water. Serve with a green salad and crusty bread.
On the label
ARTICHOKES (ARTICHOKES, WATER, SALT, CITRIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID), CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, STABILIZERS [CAROB BEAN AND/OR XANTHAN AND/OR GUAR GUMS]), SPINACH, SOUR CREAM (GRADE A CULTURED CREAM), MAYONNAISE (SOYBEAN OIL, EGG YOLKS, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, MUSTARD FLOUR), MOZZARELLA CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), NATURAL FLAVORS, FETA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), SALT, GRANULATED GARLIC, SPICES, NISIN PREPARATION (TO PRESERVE QUALITY).
Good & Gather, dips & salsa, serving 30 GRM, package 12 oz/340 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as spinach, artichokes, dip. Half of it left? Use up the spinach.