Smoked Salmon Spaghetti
If you're after a quick and easy family meal, this should be on your rotate. It's one of my favourite pasta meals to make plus a great way to pack in some omega-3 into the diet. The kids love this when I make it but I think they'd love anything with pasta.
Ingredients
- 500 g dried spaghetti pasta
- 150 g smoked salmon
- 1 medium onion, sliced into small pieces
- 1 medium red capsicum, sliced into small pieces
- 250 g cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 120 g baby spinach
- 300 ml cream, low fat
- 1.5 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons parsley, chopped fresh or dried
- 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, grated
- salt, to taste
- Pepper, freshly ground to taste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- In a large pot, add water. Bring to boil on the stove and add dried pasta, cooking as per instructions on packet. Spaghetti takes about 8-9 minutes to al dente.
- While the water is boiling, In a large frying pan, add the oil and onion. Sauté on medium heat until onions start to cook through but without browning.
- On medium to high heat, add the hot smoked salmon (minus the skin) into a frying pan and break it up with a wooden spoon into small pieces as it heats up.
- Add cream, garlic powder, parmesan, parsley, salt and pepper to taste. Let the sauce cook through for 2-3 minutes.
- Add capsicum and tomatoes. Mix into the sauce and cook through for 3 minutes. Add baby spinach and mix into the sauce to wilt it.
- Drain the pasta once cooked and mix immediately with the smoked salmon sauce mixture and serve.