Penne With Spinach and Mushrooms

Lately I've been cooking lots of pasta.

June is usually very busy month with school winding down.....field trips, recognition assemblies, wind up parties, last baseball games, swimming lessons. The list goes on and on.

Couple times a year I make a big pot of Marinara sauce and I keep it in small containers in the freezer as my go to quick meal idea.

Yesterday was one of those crazy days where I had less then 20 minutes to put dinner on the table.

Of course pasta was my answer.

I cooked some penne (and rotini as I didn't have enough) and heated up a little container of Marinara sauce.

I added some fresh spinach and mushrooms and healthy dinner was done.

To make this meal you have to start with basic Marinara sauce.

Then you will need to cook onions and mushrooms with some wine.

Ingredients for ad-on to Marinara sauce:

• Olive Oil
• 1Onion (chopped)
• 1 Tbsp Butter
• 2 cups Mushrooms (chopped)
• 1/2 cup Red Wine
• Bunch of Spinach (washed and dried)
  

In a skillet heat the oil and saute onions till translucent. Add the butter and mushrooms and saute till mushrooms are nice and done.

Add red wine and let it reduce to 2/3.

Mix the mushroom mixture with Marinara sauce and add spinach. Stir and cook for another minute or two.

Stir in cooked pasta and serve with fresh Parmesan cheese.