Spinach-Marinara Pasta with Shitake Mushrooms

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Spinach-Marinara Pasta with Shitake Mushrooms

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Serves 4

1 cup chopped shitake mushrooms (fresh or re-hydrated dried)

1/3 cup sliced yellow onion

1 Tbsp. diced jalapeno

1 tsp. olive oil

salt & pepper to taste

1 (28 oz.) can diced tomatoes with basil, garlic & oregano

1/8-1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

1 cup frozen or fresh spinach

1 tsp. agave nectar

whole grain pasta (cook according to package) I used brown rice noodles.

1).  Saute mushrooms, onions and jalapeno in olive oil.  Salt & pepper to taste. If you use dried shitake mushrooms, soak in water for 6 hours to completely rehydrate them before use. 

2.)  Add canned tomatoes, agave & cayenne pepper.

3.)  Simmer for 10 minutes.  Add spinach and heat until spinach is either unfrozen or fresh spinach is wilted.

4.)  Serve over whole-grain pasta of your choice.