Gnocchi with Spinach and Avocado Goat Cheese Sauce

Recipe by From a Chef's Kitchen

We're going green today folks with this quick and easy Gnocchi with Spinach and Avocado Goat Cheese Sauce!

Ingredients

• 2 medium avocados ( pitted and peeled)
• 5 ounce goat cheese (plus more for crumbling over gnocchi if desired)
• ½ lemon, juiced
• salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
• 16 ounce package potato gnocchi
• 2 tablespoons olive oil ((divided))
• 10 ounce baby spinach
• 3 cloves garlic (minced)

Method

1. Combine avocados, goat cheese, lemon juice and salt and black pepper in a food processor.  Process until smooth.  Set aside.
2. Bring a small pot of salted water to a boil.  Add the gnocchi and cook per package directions.  Drain, but reserve some of the cooking water.
3. Heat olive oil in a small saute pan over medium-high heat.  Add the spinach and garlic and cook 3 to 4 minutes or until spinach is wilted.
4. Transfer avocado mixture to saucepan with spinach.  Add a small amount of the cooking water to the spinach-avocado-goat cheese mixture to thin as desired.
5. Add gnocchi to pan and toss.  Serve with additional crumbled goat cheese if desired with a good dose of freshly cracked black pepper.

View the recipe instructions at From a Chef's Kitchen