8 fusilli with spinach and ricotta Recipes

fusilli (4 cups), olive oil, balsamic vinegar, baby spinach, scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced, golden raisins, whole or part-skim ricotta, kosher salt and pepper, fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced, grated parmesan, toasted pine nuts (optional)

fusilli, kosher salt, olive oil, fresh baby spinach, scallions, sliced, ricotta cheese, light cream, salt and pepper, to taste, fresh ground nutmeg , to taste, butter, grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese

whole wheat rotini or 8 oz fusilli, extra-virgin olive oil, onion, chopped, garlic cloves, sliced, sliced white mushrooms (about 3 1/2 cups), salt, freshly ground pepper, diced tomatoes with italian herbs, baby spinach, crushed red pepper (optional), part-skim ricotta cheese

mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, chopped fresh dillweed, minced fresh chives, minced garlic, fresh lemon juice, minced shallots, kosher salt, freshly ground pepper, uncooked fusilli pasta, sliced green onions, grated ricotta salata, loosely packed baby spinach, freshly ground pepper

pine nuts or 1/4 cup walnuts or 1/4 cup almonds, garlic cloves, threaded on a skewer, fresh spinach, stemmed and washed, extra virgin olive oil, salt, ricotta cheese, grated parmesan cheese, fusilli (or other curly pasta)

extra-lean ground beef, yellow onion chopped, garlic diced, cube eggplant unpeeled and cubed, carrots peeled and diced, no-salted-added tomato sauce divided, dried oregano, ground black pepper, fresh spinach chopped, whole-wheat fusilli pasta, whole-wheat elbow macaroni, part-skim ricotta cheese, tomato diced, fresh basil leaves torn, extra-virgin olive oil, part-skim mozzarella shredded