Description: Well-known cream pasta. A classic cream pasta that cannot go wrong.
Serves: 2
Cooking time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

• Spaghetti – 160g
• Spinach – 160g
• Bacon – chopped into small pieces, 40g or 2 rashers
• Single cream – 150ml
• Garlic – chopped, 2 cloves
• Butter – 10g
• Salt – 1 dash
• Ground black Pepper – 2 dashes
• Parmesan cheese – grated, 10g

Method

1. Cook the penne pasta until al dente in plenty of boiling water with salt.
2. Meanwhile, heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat, then add the garlic, and bacon and fry these. Put them aside.
3. Add the spinach to the pan and cook briefly. 
4. When the pasta is almost cooked, add butter, cream, black pepper, cooked bacon, salt to the pan and stop before it boils. 
5. Add the hot drained pasta and mix well. 

To serve: ground black pepper and grated parmesan cheese.

Nutritional Values Per Serving

Kcal	Protein	Fat	Carbs	Fibre	Sugars	Salt	Saturated Fat	Vitamin A (RAE)	Folate	Vitamin E
542.3	19.8g	23.5g	64.5g	5.1g	3.4g	3.4g	13.4g	385.6μg	155.7μg	1.6mg
27.1%	39.6%	33.6%	24.8%	17.0%	3.8%	13.9%	66.9%	64.3%	77.8%	54.6%

Nutritional Tips

Spinach is rich in vitamin A, and folate and is a good source of magnesium. It is also a source of iron for vegan/vegetarian diets. Spinach is also a good source of molybdenum. Molybdenum is one of the minerals and cofactor for enzymes in our body.

Folate is known as vitamin B9 as well. A man-made form of folate is known as folic acid. So when you see supplements or fortified foods, you will see them as folic acid. Both have the same effects and they are very important to our body.

When deficiency occurs, it will cause an elevation of homocysteine in the body. High homocysteine levels may be associated with an increased risk of heart disease. Additionally, pregnant women are required to have an additional intake of folate/folic acid to avoid birth defects (such as neural tube defects).