Baked Feta Cheese with Gnocchi and Tomatoes
Baked feta gnocchi is bursting with Mediterranean flavor! It is loaded with sweet grape tomatoes, roasted mushrooms, tender potato gnocchi and salty feta cheese. The best part is this easy weeknight meal takes only 10 minutes to prepare!
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 3 cups grape tomatoes
- 8 ounce package mushrooms, sliced white button or baby Bella
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 8 ounce block feta cheese
- 1 cup loosely packed baby spinach leaves, chopped
- 2 tablespoons basil, fresh chopped
- 16 ounce package gnocchi
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a large baking dish place tomatoes and mushrooms. Pour olive oil over the vegetables and stir to coat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Clear a space for the block of feta cheese in the center of the vegetable mixture.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
- While tomatoes and mushrooms are roasting, bring a pot of water to a boil and cook gnocchi according to package directions.
- When the vegetables are finished roasting after 30 minutes, the tomatoes will be soft and blistered.
- Stir in the chopped spinach and basil. The heat will wilt the leaves. Use your spoon to break up the melty block of feta cheese.
- Add the cooked gnocchi to the dish and stir to coat everything in cheese.