Arugula Pasta Recipe | EASY & FAST to DO | Five Minute Recipe |

pine nuts

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts provide healthy fats and are more affordable than pine nuts.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Warm a skillet over medium-low heat.

Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the skillet.

Add 1.5 tablespoons of pine nuts to the skillet and toast them slightly.

Add 1.5 teaspoons of salt to the skillet.

Add 1 teaspoon of currants to the skillet and stir to incorporate all ingredients until the currants plump up.

Use about 4.5 ounces of arugula, ensuring the leaves are small and not bitter.

Cook 0.5 pounds of spaghetti until al dente, then rinse and drain it.

Remove the skillet from the heat and add the cooked spaghetti to the skillet with the pine nuts and currants.

Incorporate the spaghetti with the pine nuts and currants using a wooden spoon.

Add the arugula to the skillet and mix it in with the spaghetti, allowing it to wilt without disintegrating.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

Allergens