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Bacon, spinach and cream cheese macaroni
A one bowl meal with carbs, protein, vegetable and dairy. Serve as a main course for lunch or dinner, or a rather heavy snack.
Course
Main Course, Snack
Cuisine
Fusion
Prep Time
5
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
15
minutes
minutes
Total Time
20
minutes
minutes
Servings
3
people
Author
Connie Veneracion
Ingredients
6 to 8
bacon rashers
4
cups
baby spinach
salt
pepper
125
grams
cream cheese
¼ to ⅓
cup
cream
2 to 3
cups
macaroni
or your preferred pasta shape cooked in salted water
Instructions
Heat a frying pan.
Cut the bacon into pieces about an inch wide then spread in the heated pan.
Cook the bacon over medium heat until browned. Scoop out and set aside.
Reheat the rendered bacon fat and drop in the spinach with about half a teaspoon of salt and a quarter teaspoon of pepper.
Cook the spinach with occasional stirring until softened.
Tear the cream cheese into pieces and drop into the pan with the spinach. Cook, stirring, until melted.
Stir in the cream to make the sauce.
Taste the sauce, and add salt and pepper, if needed.
Dump in the cooked macaroni and toss thoroughly.
Add the fried bacon and stir just until combined.