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Brown Butter Gnocchi with Spinach and Pine Nuts

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

Ingredients

  • 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

Instructions

  • 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.

Notes

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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