Gnocchi with creamy tomato & spinach sauce

A tasty light supper and the mascarpone makes a really easy and quick sauce for the gnocchi.
This only takes about 20 minutes to make, will give you two generous portions and cost about £2.00 each.

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic gloves - crushed
400g can chopped tomatoes
140g mascarpone
500g pack gnocchi
200g bag of baby leaf spinach
A handful of fresh basil leaves and some parmesan cheese shavings - optional!

To make

Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the garlic until it's golden, add the tomatoes, season and simmer for ten minutes.

Stir in the mascarpone and cook for two minutes more.

Meanwhile the gnocchi according to the packet instructions and add the spinach in the final minute of cooking.

Drain well and tip back into the pan, then stir in the tomato and mascarpone sauce.

Mix well and serve immediately with the basil leaves and Parmesan shavings scattered over.