Creamy Mushroom, Bacon And Spinach Pasta - Low Fat

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• olive oil flavored cooking spray or 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 red capsicum, finely chopped
• 3 slices bacon, chopped (ww brand if possible)
• 7 mushrooms, sliced
• 185 ml evaporated low-fat milk
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 100 g baby spinach leaves
• 200 g pasta (any type - i use penne or fettucine)
• chili flakes (optional)
• black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 bring a large pot of salted water to the boil.
• 2 spray a pan with olive oil spray and sautã© finely chopped onion, capsicum, bacon and garlic.
• 3 when soft add mushrooms and as much or as little chilli as you like.
• 4 cook until soft.
• 5 put pasta into boiling water and bring back to the boil.
• 6 cook to your liking.
• 7 add dijon mustard and evaporated milk to the onion mix.
• 8 stir to combine and heat very gently until pasta is ready.
• 9 if you like a'wetter' sauce add a small amount of the pasta cooking water to the onion/milk mixture.
• 10 place washed spinach leaves into a colander.
• 11 when ready drain the pasta over the spinach.
• 12 this will wilt the spinach- the only'cooking' it needs.
• 13 add the pasta/spinach mix to the sauce.
• 14 stir to combine.
• 15 serve topped with freshly ground black pepper and parmesan cheese if desired.
• 16 **note: in australia, on the weight watchers points plan, ww bacon is 1/2 a point for 3 slices and the small tin (185ml) of carnation brand light and creamy evaporated milk is 3 points.