Fusilli with Spinach and Asiago Cheese

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Followed exactly as written---very good! This is also an easy recipe to substitute other veggies and cheeses that you may like! Thanks Giada!

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I made this two ways. One exactly like the recipe and it is fantastic. The second way was with whole wheat pasta, a little less asiago cheese and ramano. Put crushed red pepper in the sauce. Also, added 3/4 c of pasta water and mixed in 1/3 c of ricotta cheese. It was nice and creamy and spicier. Both were 5 stars. You can't mess up this recipe!

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We love making and eating this delicious dish! It is absolutely fabulous and our kids feel like they are 'out to dinner' when make it. Add a little glass of wine and it's a perfect evening! Thanks for sharing!

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I love, love, love this pasta! Very easy to make and I don't have to go to the store for the ingredients. I added shrimp with mine and used two cloves of garlic (per suggestions. I will make this often. Olive Garden at home! Thanks for the wonderful recipe!

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Giada! My husband never even has seconds and he ate 3 bowls of this recipe! I ate one and it was insane delicious!! Thanks!

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I'm giving this one 4 stars instead of 5 as I don't know that I'd make this for guests but as a quick fix week day entree, it was really good! My only tip is to under cook the pasta a bit, add it to the spinach tomato mixture mixing well, add the reserved water and sprinkle the cheese on top an let it begin to melt and coat everything evenly. The pasta will the absorb the water and thicken the veggies into a sauce and the cheese gives the dish a creamy texture.

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Made this pasta recipe with one adjustment. I added some sauted shrimp to make it a real main course. My husband loved it.
Sheila
Pomona, Ca

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This recipe was quick and easy. I added extra garlic and some grilled chicken, it was delicious!!! Next time i think i will add more spinache though.

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I saw this on TV the other day and while I'm not even a big fan of spinach or garlic, and have have virtually non-existent cooking skills being boxed dinners, but it looked so easy and the colors were so stunning that I couldn't resist giving it a try tonight. Fortunately, it was as easy as it looked on TV that even my partner (who knows I can't cook to save my life asked if I had been possessed when he saw me mixing it all up. Even better was the fact that it was delicious and sent him into a state of bliss.

I admit that I'm about as clumsy at chopping and mincing as I suck at cooking, so I made sure to have all of my ingredients ready to go, short of the cheese, which I grated as the spinach cooked. As Lina below mentioned, the garlic does cook fast, but it helps to make sure that your heat is turned down fairly low as you're cooking (I had it on a 1-2, max, but mostly on Low.

Make sure to start your water well before you even begin the rest, because it doesn't take long for the oil to get hot, and this is a good time to get everything ready. Put your pasta in, set the timer for the 8-10 minutes as instructed, then heat up your oil. At this point, you should be able to cook accordingly to the directions. If need be, turn it down in order to allow for the pasta to cook. I think the key is cooking it on a low heat, or at least that's what worked for me.

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this pasta was absolutely the most stressful dish i've ever made!! the recipe looked simple, fresh, and tastey; so of course i wanted to try it... bad decision. the reason it only takes "giada" 20 minutes to make it is because she is a professional mocking us amatuers by saying how simple and easy it is. the dish took me almost an hour to make and it looked nothing like the picture. the spinach turned into several large clumps from the cheese which made it all stick together, the tomatoes got mashed together with the pasta while stirring it in with the rest of the ingredients, and the garlic was burned even before the dish was mixed together (when she says to stir the minced garlic for 2 minutes, what she really means is 10 seconds. this meal was not worth the effort put into it. if you're craving italian that much your better of buying a frozen bag of bertolli or going to olive garden!!