I feel like I have a great network of food friends now. This blogging experience has introduced me to people from all over the world. More importantly, it seems almost everyone is so gracious and so willing to share their ideas and recipes. On a number of recent Fridays I have had some product in the fridge and I have reached out to my FB friends to get ideas.
Recipe adapted from Oh So Delicioso.
The Recipe
Pasta Roma
A light, fresh tomato sauce with spinach, mushrooms, basil and a splash of cream, tossed with spaghetti.
Scale
Ingredients
- 8 Roma tomatoes
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 1 bag baby spinach
- 1 tbsp canola oil
- 4 tbsp butter
- 2 tsp fresh basil, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, diced
- 6 mushrooms, sliced
- 1/4 cup white wine
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/4 cup whipping cream
- 1 handful Parmesan cheese
- 1 lb spaghetti
Instructions
- Place the tomatoes in a pot of boiling water for about 2 minutes, until the skins begin to peel. Remove to a bowl and let cool.
- Peel off the skins, cut the tomatoes in half and squeeze out the seeds. Dice, leaving behind the hard core.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the onion about 5 minutes until soft, add the garlic for 1 minute, then add the spinach and cook until wilted. Remove from the pan and pour off the excess oil.
- Melt the butter in the pan, add the mushrooms and basil and cook a couple of minutes. Add the wine and cook until it evaporates.
- Add the tomatoes, salt and pepper and simmer on low for 5 to 8 minutes. Return the spinach, onion and garlic and simmer 1 minute.
- Stir in the cream and simmer another 15 minutes. Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti.
- Toss the spaghetti with the sauce and top with Parmesan. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Adapted from Oh So Delicioso.
Card added in October 2026 from the original post; some amounts are estimates. Nutrition is an estimate per serving.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 460kcal (23%), Carbohydrates: 65g (22%), Protein: 14g (28%), Fat: 16g (25%)
Responses
comments – I answer every one.
Lovely photos! glad you gave the recipe a whirl and I’m going to have to give your version a try!
Thank you for the recipe. Loved it and it is great to have the base of an idea and then to make the recipe our own.
It looks delicious! I gotta try this very soon… 🙂
Thank you. It was really good. Please let me know if you do try it.
I agree. This looks so flavorful and I can just taste it.
Wow this sounds incredible, definitely a winning pasta dish!
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