An everyday dish for 2, ready in 20 minutes, around $0.95 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam, and it's in season in October.
Fill the saucepan halfway with water and bring it to a boil over high heat. Add a pinch of salt as soon as the water starts to simmer.
Drop the 160 g of pasta into the boiling water and let it cook for the time on the package (usually 8 to 10 min). Stir now and then with the wooden spoon.
Tip the pasta into the colander and let it drain without rinsing. Keep the saucepan of hot water for the spinach.
Peel the garlic clove and mince it finely. Heat the oil in the nonstick skillet over medium heat and cook the garlic for 30 seconds without burning it.
Add the frozen spinach to the skillet with the garlic and let it thaw over medium heat, stirring. Once it's tender, add a pinch of salt and pepper.
Add the drained pasta to the skillet with the spinach. Mix well to spread the flavors. If it looks too dry, add a little pasta water.
Dot the ricotta in pieces over the pasta and spinach. Warm for 1 min over low heat, stirring, so the cheese melts a little and blends in.
One serving has about 420 kcal. 59% comes from carbs, 18% from protein and 19% from fat.
| Energy | 420 kcal |
| Protein | 18.6 g |
| Carbs | 62.3 g |
| of which sugars | 5.5 g |
| Fat | 8.9 g |
| of which saturated fat | 3.5 g |
| Fiber | 6.2 g |
| Salt | 0.8 g |
Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.
About $0.95 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.
Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.
2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. After that, into the freezer it goes.
Times Popotam uses for meal prep, based on ANSES guidance, rounded down. The details: how long cooked dishes keep.
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