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Spinach & Tomato pasta

"What a wonderful world " is a sentence in my mind as I sit in my neighborhood cafeteria and enjoy the spring sun.
Time to bring more color in cooking as well. 




Ingredients:
1 onion
2 tomatoes
a handful of  fresh spinach
a piece of fresh ginger
1 can of food cream
1-2 teaspoon of black pepper
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of powdered ginger
olive oil
2-4 dl of pasta

1. Pour some olive oil in a pan. Heat it up, add the onion and ginger in small pieces.
2. Add all the spices and let it simmer.
3. Cut up the tomatoes and mix in with the other ingredients.
4. Boil the pasta.
5. After the mixture has sat for a while add the cream and at the end the spinach.

                             Bon Appetit! 





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