April is a month of birthday’s for very special ladies in my life. My mom and my daughters, actually, my daughters were born on my mothers birthday.
This year marked a “Big” one for my mom, so I decided to throw a birthday luncheon with all of my mom’s closest friends.
I knew I wanted to make all of her favorites foods starting with her favorite pasta, creamy tomato farfalle pasta. It’s a perfect pasta for a crowd, the recipe can be easily doubled or tripled.
Creamy Tomato Farfalle Pasta
Author: Its All About The Yummy
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Ingredients
- 1 lb box of Farfalle (bow tie) Pasta
- 2 Tablespoons salt for pasta water
- 2 Tablespoon butter
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 Tablespoon flour
- 1 cup milk
- ¾ cup half and half
- 1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes
- 1 cup spinach (packed), chopped
- ¼ cup chopped fresh basil
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon oregano
- 2 dashes of tabasco
- ¼ cup of freshly grated parmesan cheese, plus some for serving
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large pot bring water to a rolling boil, add salt. Cook pasta 3 minutes less than instructions. drain and set aside (Do not rinse pasta).
- In a large deep skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add garlic, and cook for 1 minute.
- Add flour, stirring constantly for a few minutes to cook out the flour taste.
- While whisking, pour in the milk and half & half. Continue whisking until all lumps are gone.
- Once mixture begins to lightly simmer add tomatoes, spinach, and basil.
- Stir in onion powder, oregano, and tabasco.
- Cook until spinach has wilted and sauce has thickened.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in cheese.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the cooked pasta
Oh wow..that looks delish! I can’t eat pasta too much unless I do gluten free….it’s so gummy..only like the real stuff.. Anyway this recipe sounds so yummy, I will have to try it! Thanks for sharing….best to you!
Valerie
Oooh, this one looks great. Simple yet fresh and delicious. I think i’ll put it on the menu rotation for next week!
OK, I am literally drooling reading this recipe and can’t wait to try it. My birthday is in April, too!
Thank you. Happy Birthday, Helene!
I really need to stop visiting while hungry.
Happy Birthday to your Mom and your daughters. What a lovely lunch.
Thank you, Doreen!
Seriously? OMG scrumptious looking. am bookmarking for when i get my kitchen back!
Thank you, Carol. I’m so enjoying watching the progress of your kitchen.
Looks so dreamy delicious Mary!
This looks so good! Thanks for sharing!
This recipe sounds mouthwatering delicious! My husband loves “pink” sauce that’s both creamy and tomato-y.
Oh I want some! It looks amazing! This will be a good thing to make when I come over for lunch!
So delicious! I love farfalle…and I love SAYING farfalle! I’ll be pinning this (and drooling over the pin until I get all the ingredients purchased to make it myself). Thank you!
What a lovely dish for Mother’s Day!
My husband would be knocking over my computer to get to this if he saw it…I’ll make it his birthday treat dinner in May. Thanks!
No fair that I am reading this around dinner time, drooling, with no prospect of eating anything since hubby is out with a friend and I didn’t plan ahead! Sounds delish.
Looks delicious! Happy Birthday to your mom and daughters! 🙂
Thank you, Laurel!
This looks so good! I love that it’s easy too! I think this will go on the menu soon! Thanks for the recipe!
so interesting you use Tabasco sauce! I’ve done a creamy pasta sauce before with Macarpone… But I’m definitely intigued by your recipe and shall try it out!
Happy birthday to your mom and daughters!
Thank you, Erika!
Oh my gosh. I pinned this and have it planned already for next week! Looks amazing!
Thank you.
This sounds so good. I love pasta.
This looks like a great recipe, YUM!!
Oh, that looks yummy! It really is the month of Birthdays. Happy Birthday to your Mama & Girls! xxoo
Thank you, Kris!
wooohooo, i love pasta dishes and this one looks so yummy and satisfying !! <3
Thank you, Ananda!
This looks AMAZING. You can’t beat a creamy pasta dish 🙂
I always get into a bit of a ‘cooking kick’ in the fall/winter (home more, I guess) and this looks SOOO good. can’t wait to try; thanks for sharing!