Originally Posted by
gaobest
Thanks! I definitely don’t drain the pasta water until after supper, in case I need to make more pasta. Most of my people really can’t believe that I ladle / scoop pasta out of the pot since most of us learned to remove the pasta by pouring it all out over a colander.
anyway turns out my spouse doesn’t even like spinach so wants no spinach and more goat cheese in the future. Lol. I enjoyed the dish although next time I’ll use more tomatoes :-)
Watch cooking shows or chefs on TV...they all reserve the starchy water to thicken the sauce. I don't know who your people are. Lol. If it is a long pasta like linguine i usually just use tongs to add it to the sauce in the pan so i don't drain in a colander at all. Of course if you are not making sauce but using jarred like Rao then you absolutely would drain it into the sink.
Maybe your wife would have liked it better with fresh spinach? I often use escarole or arugula in pasta...maybe she would prefer those to spinach?
Glad you liked it though...what kind of tomatoes did you use?