EASY 'CHEESY' SPINACH SPAGHETTI

one for the popeye fans! an easy, 'cheesy', wednesday night pasta dish - delish!

1/2 packet of wholewheat spaghetti

1 cup of frozen spinach, thawed

1/2 cup of non-dairy milk (i used light soy)
2 tablespoon of nutritional yeast flakes

1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder

1/4 of a large brown onion, diced

evoo for garnishing

salt and pepper to season

boil a pot of water, add the spaghetti. cook until al dente. whilst the spaghetti is cooking saute the onion in a small frying pan until softened and translucent. add the spinach and cook for 3 minutes. add the nutritional yeast, garlic powder, salt and pepper and cook for a further 3 minutes. transfer the mix to a jug and, using a bamix (or other hand blender), blitz the mix until relatively smooth, adding the non-dairy milk as you blend. return the spinach mix to the frying pan and heat through. drain the spaghetti, once cooked, and add it to the spinach sauce mix. toss the spaghetti through the spinach sauce. serve with a drizzle of good quality evoo and sprinkle of extra nutritional yeast flakes.

serves 4