penne with Brie, mushrooms, and arugula

Don't be scared off by the ingredients--this is another very simple recipe!

Ingredients

• 12 oz penne pasta
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 lb button mushrooms, quartered
• 1 small red onion, sliced
• 1/2 cup dry white wine
• salt and pepper
• 8 oz Brie, cut into 1 inch pieces
• about 2 large handfuls of arugula

Steps

• Cook the pasta according to the package directions. When draining pasta, reserve 1/2 cup of the water. Return pasta to the pot.
• Heat the oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and onions, tossing occasionally, and cook 2-3 minutes.
• Add wine, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper to the mushroom mixture. Cook until mushrooms begin to brown, about 5-6 minutes.
• Toss pasta with the Brie and reserved pasta water until the pasta is coated. Stir in mushroom mixture and arugula.
• Enjoy with leftover wine from cooking!

This is a tasty way to try arugula--the nutty sweetness of the Brie is a nice balance to the peppery bite of the arugula. It's good to have a large bowl on hand so you can easily toss the pasta with the Brie. It would have been difficult for me to do it in the pot I used to boil the pasta.

peace and love,

m