Brown Butter Gnocchi with Spinach and Pine Nuts

This dish looks and tastes upscale but comes together quickly and easily!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Italian

Keyword 20 Minute Recipe, Easy WW Dinner

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Total Time 20

Servings (scant 1 cup) servings

Calories 309

Author Emily Bites

1 (16 oz) package of whole wheat gnocchi (you can use regular potato gnocchi if you can’t find whole wheat)
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons pine nuts
2 garlic cloves minced
10 oz fresh baby spinach torn
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 oz Parmesan cheese freshly grated

Cook gnocchi according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
In a large sauté pan, melt butter over medium heat. Add pine nuts and cook for 3 minutes or until butter and pine nuts begin to brown. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add gnocchi and spinach and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly, until spinach is wilted. Stir in salt and pepper. Divide evenly onto four plates and sprinkle each serving with 1 T Parmesan cheese.

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NUTRITION INFORMATION:

309 calories, 42 g carbs, 1 g sugar, 12 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 11 g protein, 5 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)

MyWW SmartPoints per (scant 1 cup) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)

Green: 10 SmartPoints/ Blue: 10 SmartPoints/ Purple: 10 SmartPoints

Weight Watchers Points Plus:
8 per serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)

slightly adapted from Cooking Light’s 91 Easy Winter Recipes 2011, Canadian Edition

Calories: 309kcal