This creamy salmon, tomato and spinach Alfredo pasta is the perfect quick, easy and nutiritous weeknight dinner.
Prep Time 10minutes
Cook Time 20minutes
Total Time 30minutes
Servings 4people
Ingredients
1/2lbfresh salmon filet
1cupcherry tomatoes
4largecloves of garlic
1tbspolive oil
8ozthin spaghetticooked al dente
2tspBrown Girl Spice Lemon Dill Blend
salt and pepper to taste
For alfredo
2cupsfresh spinach
1 1/2cupsheavy cream
1/2cup grated parmesean cheeseplus more to taste
1/2tsp dried thyme
1tbspbutter
Salt and pepper taste
1/4cupreserved pasta water
Instructions
Heat oven to 400 degrees
On a sheet pan with parchment paper, place salmon, tomatoes, and garlic. Season with Brown Girl Spice lemon dill and salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle with olive oil and rub the salmon and tomatoes with the seasoning blend
Bake salmon and tomatoes on the top oven rack for 12 minutes
While salmon bakes, prepare noodles according to package instructions
For alfredo
In a heavy bottom skillet, add heavy cream and bring to a simmer on medium heat
Add dried thyme, spinach, salt and pepper and combine. Allow sauce to thicken for 5 minutes.
Once salmon is done cooking, add tomatoes to the sauce and chop garlic and add as well
Turn off the heat and add parmesean cheese and combine well
Add noodles a little at a time to coat in the sauce
Once the sauce has coasted the pasta place salmon filet on top of pasta and use two forks to gently flake apart
Top with more parmesan cheese and serve hot
Notes
Use reserved pasta water only if the sauce is too tight and you need to loosen it a bit. Add water a little at a time until desired consistency is reached.