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Easy Fall Creamy Pasta with Butternut Squash and Salmon

How to make this comforting fall pasta
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Servings 6

Equipment

  • 1 Cast iron skillet
  • 1 Sauce pan

Ingredients
  

Pasta and sauce

  • 1 box Bow tie pasta noodles
  • 2 cups Fresh spinach
  • 1 cup Heavy cream
  • ½ cup Shredded Parmesan cheese
  • 2 cloves Minced garlic
  • 1 tsp Salt or to your liking
  • 1 tsp Pepper or to your liking
  • ½ tsp Cayenne pepper omit or to your liking
  • 1 tsp Italian seasoning

Roasted Butternut squash

  • 1 Butternut squash
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil
  • ¾ tsp Salt
  • ¾ tsp Pepper

Salmon

  • lbs Atlantic salmon
  • 2 tbsp Garlic herb butter
  • 1 tsp Salt or to your liking
  • ½ tsp Pepper or to your liking
  • ½ tsp Onion powder

Instructions
 

Roasted butternut squash

  • Preheat oven to 400° and dice up butternut squash
  • Season squash and toss with olive oil and put in pan
    butternut squash
  • Roast squash for 30 minutes or until tender

Salmon

  • Season salmon
  • Heat Garlic herb butter in cast iron skillet
  • Add salmon to skillet and spread garlic herb butter on top
  • Flip salmon after 2 minutes and cook apply more butter
  • Remove salmon from skillet and set aside

Pasta

  • Boil noodles according to package
  • In separate saucepan on medium heat olive oil and saute minced garlic for 2-3 minutes
  • Add in heavy cream and Parmesan cheese and stir for 2-3 minutes
  • Add in spinach and cook until wilted down
  • Turn heat to simmer and add in cooked noodles and butternut squash
  • Season pasta to your liking
  • Serve hot and add salmon on top
Keyword butternut squash, pasta, salmon