Three Cheese And Spinach Sauce With Olive Tapenade

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 -5 tablespoons pine nuts
• 8 minced garlic cloves
• 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
• 1/2 cup cottage cheese
• 4 ounces feta cheese
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• salt & fresh ground pepper, to taste
• 1/3 cup olive tapenade
• parmesan cheese, to serve

Recipe

• 1 toast pine nuts over medium-high heat in dry skillet until golden brown and fragrant. set aside.
• 2 lower heat to medium and, in same skillet, heat oil then add garlic and cook for about 30 seconds. add pine nuts then cook about 2 minutes.
• 3 add tomatoes and spinach to skillet and cook about 3 minutes, until tomatoes begin to look as if their skins are coming off a bit.
• 4 reduce heat to medium-low, add feta and cottage cheeses, oregano, salt and pepper to skillet and stir to melt slightly and combine.
• 5 add olive tapenade to skillet, stir to combine, and allow to heat through.
• 6 apply sauce to pasta, bread, or your vehicle of choice, dust liberally with freshly grated parmesan, and serve.