This easy parmesan spinach sauce is the perfect cheesy companion to Cauliflower gnocchi. A great, quick cauliflower gnocchi recipe for easy weeknight meals!
Ingredients:
- 1 package (12 oz) Trader Joe’s Cauliflower gnocchi or any gnocchi ( points will vary depending on the brand you use)
- 1 Tbsp Land O’Lakes light butter made with canola oil or any light butter
- Dash of salt and pepper
- 1 1/2 Tbsp flour
- 3/4 cup skim milk
- 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh spinach
- 1/2 Tbsp minced garlic
- 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese
Directions:
- In a skillet, spray with non stick cooking spray (I love Trader Joe’s canola oil spray).
- Add gnocchi and sauté until lightly browned.
- Set aside.In another skillet melt butter over medium heat.
- Add garlic to butter sauté until garlic is incorporated.
- Add flour to butter and whisk to form a roux. Cook for 30 seconds and slowly add in skim milk.
- Cook and stir occasionally until sauce has thickened. Add salt and pepper.
- Stir chopped spinach into sauce and cook for another 5 minutes more until spinach has wilted and sauce is thick.
- Remove from heat and add Parmesan cheese. Stir sauce until cheese is melted.
- Pour sauce over sautéed cauliflower gnocchi and stir until sauce is incorporated with cauliflower gnocchi.
Servings: Makes 3 (1 cup) servings /6 Freestyle smart points per serving
Yield: 3 servings
Creamy Spinach Parmesan Cauliflower Gnocchi
This easy parmesan spinach sauce is the perfect cheesy companion to Cauliflower gnocchi. A great, quick cauliflower gnocchi recipe for an easy weeknight meal!
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
10 minutes
Total Time
20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 package (12 oz) Trader Joe's Cauliflower gnocchi or any gnocchi ( points will vary depending on the brand you use)
- 1 Tbsp Land O'Lakes light butter made with canola oil or any light butter
- Dash of salt and pepper
- 1 1/2 Tbsp flour
- 3/4 cup skim milk
- 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh spinach
- 1/2 Tbsp minced garlic
- 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese
Instructions
- In a skillet, spray with non stick cooking spray (I love Trader Joe's canola oil spray).
- Add gnocchi and sauté until lightly browned.Set aside. In another skillet melt butter over medium heat.
- Add garlic to butter sauté until garlic is incorporated.
- Add flour to butter and whisk to form a roux. Cook for 30 seconds and slowly add in skim milk.
- Cook and stir occasionally until sauce has thickened. Add salt and pepper.
- Stir chopped spinach into sauce and cook for another 5 minutes more until spinach has wilted and sauce is thick.
- Remove from heat and add Parmesan cheese. Stir sauce until cheese is melted.
- Pour sauce over sautéed cauliflower gnocchi and stir until sauce is incorporated with cauliflower gnocchi
Servings: Makes 3 (1 cup) servings /6 Freestyle smart points per serving
Oooh YES this is right up my alley!
Also, how have I not heard of cauliflour gnocchi before?! 😮
So amazing as always, thank you for sharing!
Are these the frozen ones? Do you thaw them first? I bought these last week and have been looking for something to do with them. Thanks for the recipe!!
I did not thaw them first. I put them right into the skillet with non stick cooking spray and sauté them until they are nice and brown.
Just whipped this up tonight and it was a crowd pleaser! We did add shrimp and scallops to make a bit heavier. One quick q: since the cauliflower gnocchi is so new it isn’t coming up on WW. How did you come up with the points?
This is so good!! 1 cup and I was really full. I did add shrimp and a little more milk to cover the extra ingredients, but did everything else as instructed. Also, I really don’t care for cauliflower substitutes, but I loved these. I couldn’t taste the cauliflower at all cooking them this way. Delicious!!