25 Minute One Pot Spinach and Lemon Spaghetti Dinner

If you think that dinner being ready and on the table in 25 minutes sounds too good to be true, think again! This one pot spaghetti dinner is so simple, easy and flavorful. Just throw everything into the pot and let your stove take care of the rest!

Prep:
10
minutes
Cook:
25
minutes
TOtal:
35
minutes

Ingredients

  • 12 oz. spaghetti
  • ½ Cup sweet onion, thinly sliced
  • 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced or minced
  • 3 Cups spinach, packed
  • 2 Ripe tomatoes, chopped in thicker pieces
  • Fresh lemon juice from one lemon
  • Lemon zest from half lemon
  • 4 Cups water
  • ¼ TSP red pepper flakes
  • ¼ TSP fresh crushed black pepper
  • 2 TSP pink himalayan salt

Instructions

  1. Start by placing your spaghetti in the pot.
  2. Thinly slice your sweet onion and add to the pot. Thinly slice or mince your garlic and add to the pot. Chop your tomatoes and add to the pot. Zest your lemon into the pot.
  3. Add your red pepper flakes, black pepper and pink himalayan salt.
  4. Finally, add your water and lemon juice.
  5. Place the pot over medium high heat and bring to a boil. Boil over medium high - high heat for 20 minutes on your boil burner. Make sure to mix and stir every so often. After 20 minutes most of the water has evaporated.
  6. Add in your spinach and cook for another 3-5 minutes until spinach is wilted and vibrant green. Majority or all of the water should be gone or thickened at this point, pasta should be al dente and everything should be mixed well. When it’s done, remove from heat.
  7. ENJOY!