A couple of weeks ago I had 2 sweet potatoes sitting on my counter and I had a craving for pasta. So I typed “sweet potato pasta” into the search engine and Voila! I found a recipe that looked good and sounded good and I had most of the ingredients on hand for.
I made it and all the kids liked it and even my mother-in-law and sister-in-law who happened to be here (they tried to leave when they heard I was doing the cooking) liked it. At least they ate it without making faces and claimed to like it.
Pasta with Roasted Sweet Potato & Feta
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This recipe is fairly quick and easy and while it does contain oil and cheese it is fairly healthy option for a family dinner, especially if you use whole wheat pasta and goes a long way.
Author: Donna Hay
Recipe type: Entree
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 1½ lbs sweet potatoes
- 2 tbsp olive oil (I used extra virgin)
- salt
- 3 leeks (I used green onions)
- 1 tbsp fresh rosemary (I used dried – ½ to ¾ tbsp)
- 14 oz pasta (using whole wheat really adds to the great fiber content in this dish)
- 2 tbsp butter
- 6 oz feta
- 8 oz baby spinach leaves (I didn’t have any spinach)
- cracked black pepper
- grated parmesan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Peel & dice the sweet potatoes.
- Toss potatoes with 1 tbsp olive oil and salt and pepper.
- Spread potatoes on baking sheet (probably want non-stick spray) and roast for 30 minutes until browned and soft.
- In a skillet on medium heat, place the oil, leeks & rosemary and cook for about 7 minutes until the leeks are soft and golden.
- Cook pasta per package directions and drain.
- Combine pasta, sweet potatoes, oil mixture (with leeks & rosemary), butter & feta.
- Toss until fully combined.
- Serve over spinach leaves and sprinkle with grated parmesan & black pepper.
I didn’t have spinach, and didn’t mention not having it and my mother-in-law said it was good but would be even better with spinach.
original recipe found at: http://www.sidewalkshoes.com/2009/11/pasta-with-roast-sweet-potato-and-pasta.html
About Kimberly Grabinski
I love both sweet potato and feta, and I am going to try this recipe!
Wow, this looks like a great recipe. I’ll definitely have to try it out. I love anything with feta cheese in it.
It was really good. It needed spinach and mushrooms :-) I couldn’t stop eating the sweet potatoes.
I want some of this! I think spinach would look really pretty in it too. Printing!
This sounds really good!
It really was, i bought more fixins to make it again i liked it so much.