Gnocchi with Spinach and Avocado Goat Cheese Sauce

We’re going green today folks with this quick and easy Gnocchi with Spinach and Avocado Goat Cheese Sauce!

Ever get home, look at your kitchen, refrigerator and pantry and think…..”There’s got to be dinner in here somewhere?”

This rich, delicious and comforting Gnocchi with Spinach and Avocado Goat Cheese Sauce was born from a dinner desperation moment and it’s crazy simple!

Who hasn’t been there?  The same thing happens to people who cook for a living.  What’s really sad is when you get home from cooking beautiful and healthful meals for other people all day and you sit down to brown rice and a fried egg.  Not complaining, grateful for it and it does help to keep things in perspective.

Super-ripe avocados were sitting on my island and a container of baby spinach in the fridge was on the brink.  We always have a variety of cheese including goat cheese on hand.  I like to keep a package of gnocchi in the pantry which makes for quick comfort food and it’s a nice change from pasta.

Feel free to make your own potato gnocchi.  To me, it’s a wonderful weekend project, but on a weeknight….not so much.  Both DeLallo and GiaRusso potato gnocchi will give you good results.  (Not affiliate links.)

Here’s how easy this dish is:

Combine the avocado, goat cheese and the juice of half a lemon in a food processor.  Bring water to a boil, salt it, boil the gnocchi per package directions and drain  Reserve some of the cooking water.  Cook the spinach with garlic in a small saute pan then transfer the avocado and goat cheese combination to the saucepan with the spinach.  Add a little of the cooking water to the saute pan to thin and heat the sauce, toss in the gnocchi and voila!  Dinner’s done!

Gnocchi with Spinach and Avocado Goat Cheese Sauce

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Prep Time 10 min

Cook Time 20 min

Total Time 30 mins

Serves 4

Go green with this quick and easy Gnocchi with Spinach and Avocado Goat Cheese Sauce!

Ingredients

• 2 medium avocados, pitted and peeled
• 1 (5-ounce) log goat cheese, plus more for crumbling over gnocchi if desired
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 (16-ounce) package potato gnocchi
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 (10-ounce) container baby spinach
• 3 cloves garlic, minced

Directions

Combine avocados, goat cheese, lemon juice and salt and black pepper in a food processor.  Process until smooth.  Set aside.

Bring a small pot of salted water to a boil.  Add the gnocchi and cook per package directions.  Drain, but reserve some of the cooking water.

Heat olive oil in a small saute pan over medium-high heat.  Add the spinach and garlic and cook 3 to 4 minutes or until spinach is wilted.

Transfer avocado mixture to saucepan with spinach.  Add a small amount of the cooking water to the spinach-avocado-goat cheese mixture to thin as desired.

Add gnocchi to pan and toss.  Serve with additional crumbled goat cheese if desired with a good dose of freshly cracked black pepper.

by Carol | From A Chef's Kitchen

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