Avocado Pasta!! (Quick)

Tried this AMAZING recipe the other night! Whole wheat pasta with an avocado sauce that can easily be made in the time in takes to cook the pasta:

Ingredients:
1 medium ripe avocado, pitted
½ lime
1 garlic clove
¼ cup packed basil
1 cup spinach
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon olive oil
¼ cup grated parmesan
1 pound whole wheat spaghetti
1 cup spinach

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still al dente 9 -11 minutes. Drain and reserve 1 cup of the cooking water. Put the cup of spinach in the bottom of a serving bowl and place the spaghetti on top and toss for a few minutes to wilt the spinach.

While the pasta is cooking make the avocado sauce. Using a spoon, scoop out the flesh from the avocado and place in a food processor. Zest the lime and add along with the basil, lime juice, garlic, basil, spinach, salt and pepper. Blend until smooth.

Pour the sauce over the pasta and toss everything together adding a little cooking water to loosen the sauce as needed. Top with the grated parmesan and basil and serve.


From this blog: http://www.blissfulbblog.com/blog/2012/2/16/blissful-eats-with-tina-jeffers-creamy-avocado-pasta.html