Chicken, spinach penne in cream sauce

Sunday is the time of being together and celebrate the end of the week with romantic dinners.  I was thinking and thinking so long what to come up with, because each and every single time I am in the kitchen, the expectations are high. Then suddenly something crossed my mind: something GREEN! This is actually the biggest sin possible in our house. Green...brr.. BUT!  As spinach runs riot over the vegetable garden,  I yielded to the temptation. Well, of course I added chicken to it, to prevent complete shock. And voilá! See a miracle, a success!

Ingredients:

• 400 g chicken breast fillet
• 80 g fresh spinach
• 2 cloves garlic 
• salt, white pepper
• 1 Tbsp. oil 
• 250 ml cooking cream
• 350 g penne 
• water (for cooking pasta)

Directions:

Cut chicken into long stripes. Wash spinach and cut into long stripes as well.

Heat a saucepan over a low heat then add oil. When hot, add chicken. Flavor with salt, pepper and pressed garlic. Simmer it at medium heat for 10-15 minutes. 
Add spinach, and cover the pan. Simmer for another 15 minutes.  

As final touch, add cream and bring to boil.

Fill a large pot to 2/3 with water and wait for the water to boil. Add 1/2 Tbsp. salt and 1/2 Tbsp. oil to it. Cook the penne al dente ("to the tooth" "to the bite").
Now drain the pasta into a colander placed into your kitchen sink. Lift the colander and shake off excess water.

Add pasta to the sauce with chicken and spinach and mix well. Put in a nice bowl and serve hot.