Pasta with Fresh Spinach and Chevre

Total time: 30 minutes
     A little goat cheese brings the mushrooms and spinach together for this simple, healthy side dish.

 Ingredients:

• 1 medium onion, 145gr, 5.1oz
• 1 clove garlic, 4gr, .15oz
• 4oz (125gr) mushrooms, 125gr, 4.4oz
• 1 tbs olive oil, 13.5gr, .48oz
• 6oz (180gr) fresh spinach, 170gr, 6oz
• 2/3 box chevre (goat cheese) (3oz, 90gr) Chavrie in the U.S., Chevraux in Europe, 90gr, 3.2oz
• 1 1/2 tsp soy sauce, 8gr, .28oz
• 2 tbs Greek yogurt, 37.5gr, 1.3oz
• 1 cup bite-size pasta, 90gr, 3.2oz whole wheat penne

 Instructions:

• Cook pasta according to package instructions.  Drain.
• Wash spinach (if necessary) and roughly chop.
• Clean mushrooms.
• Chop onions and mushrooms.
• Mince garlic.
• Heat oil in medium nonstick skillet over medium heat.  Add onions, garlic, mushrooms and sauté for 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
• Add spinach and stir-fry until spinach is just wilted, 1 - 2 minutes.
• Add goat cheese and stir until it melts.
• Stir in soy sauce and yogurt.
• Toss with pasta and serve immediately.

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Nutrition Information               Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:  745 / 372.5 Total Carbohydrates:  90 / 45           Dietary Fiber: 14 / 7 Total Fat:  30 / 15          Saturated Fat: 12 / 6 Cholesterol:  62 / 31 Protein:  34 / 17 Calcium:  438 / 219 Sodium:   921 / 460.5

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale
and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/