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Recipe Index » Recipes » Creamed Spinach Tortellini with Seasoned Shrimp

Creamed Spinach Tortellini with Seasoned Shrimp

Published by Meaghan on January 4, 2017 | last updated on May 5, 2022.

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A dish of creamy warm comfort food, this Creamed Spinach Tortellini with Seasoned Shrimp is the perfect thing for a hearty Winter meal. It’s shrimp and pasta in a creamy sauce with some spinach thrown in for good measure- making it family friendly & gourmet in a single dish.

Creamed Spinach Tortellini with Seasoned Shrimp

New year, a new you, right?

I’ve seen my social media feeds inundated with every inspirational meme ever conceivable. Long lists of probably unrealistic resolutions? That seems to be the trend. Meanwhile I’m still over here whipping up creamy comfort dishes.

I’ll keep my cheese and pasta on my menu. You gotta do you.

Creamed Spinach Tortellini with Seasoned Shrimp

I figure I’ll aim for something like smaller portion sizes for myself.

I’m largely cooking in preparation of easy to reheat meals during this weekend’s forecast-ed snow storm. Instead of trying to cut the carbs out, I’ll balance them out by pulling on my snow pants, gloves, and Winter boots and getting outside with the kids more.

Instead of whining about weather I can’t change, I’m going to choose to embrace it. 

Creamed Spinach Tortellini with Seasoned Shrimp

Just like my meals end up being lighter in the Summer since we’re not super hungry or looking for anything heavy after spending a day at the pool in the heat– the opposite’s the case in Winter.

The meals may be heavier, but we’ll embrace the activities that have us craving creamy, cheesy, carbs. You know– sledding, snowball fights, and not breaking a sweat just from stepping outside. I’m a cold weather gal, I’m gonna make the most of it.

Which is exactly why you’ll find me settling into a bowl of Creamed Spinach Tortellini with Seasoned Shrimp when dinner time rolls around.

Creamed Spinach Tortellini with Seasoned Shrimp

Seriously. Nothing says snow storm comfort food for us quite like a bowl of this Creamed Spinach Tortellini with Seasoned Shrimp.

A thick, homemade cream sauce featuring Parmesan, gouda, and cream cheeses with a hint of nutmeg. Your favorite cooked cheese tortellini are stirred right in with fresh baby spinach. Topped with large pieces of  sauteed, Old Bay seasoned shrimp it’s a hearty dish that’s as inviting to look at, as it is to dig right on into.

It’s the perfect way to warm up around the supper table on a cold Winter evening. Bonus points if it’s to take the chill off after your kids have pummeled you with snowballs in the first family fight of the season.

If you’ve tried this CREAMED SPINACH TORTELLINI WITH SEASONED SHRIMP, or any other recipe on my site, let me know in the comment section how it turned out, we love hearing from our readers! You can also follow along with me on PINTEREST, FACEBOOK, and INSTAGRAM to see more amazing recipes and whatever else we’ve got going on!

Creamed Spinach Tortellini with Seasoned Shrimp

Cheese tortellini and fresh spinach are stirred into a triple cheese blended cream sauce, and served topped with seasoned shrimp for maximum cold weather comfort in one simple dish.
4.27 from 15 votes
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour
Servings: 4
Author: Meaghan @ 4 Sons R Us
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Ingredients

For The Creamed Spinach Tortellini

  • 1 lb of cheese tortellini cooked & drained
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1 1/2 cups half & half
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 cup of shredded Parmesan cheese
  • 4 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1/2 cup of crumbled smoked Gouda cheese
  • 16 oz of fresh baby spinach washed and dried
  • pinch of red pepper flakes

For The Seasoned Shrimp

  • 1 lb medium-large shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 1 tbsp Old Bay Seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

To Make The Creamed Spinach Tortellini

  • In a large skillet, over medium heat, melt the butter. Whisk in the flour and let it cook, stirring occasionally, for about a minute to cook out the floury taste.
  • Turn the heat up to high and stir in the half and half, a little bit at a time, adding more each time the mixture thickens and comes back together. Once it's all incorporated and the mixture's begun to thicken a bit, reduce the heat to medium again.
  • Stir in all of the remaining ingredients EXCEPT the tortellini, until the cheese is completely melted and the spinach has begun to wilt slightly.
  • Toss the cooked tortellini into the creamed spinach mixture until evenly coated.
  • Serve as is, or reduce the heat to low and stir occasionally, while you prepare the shrimp.

To Make The Seasoned Shrimp

  • In a medium sized mixing bowl, toss the shrimp together with the Old Bay, salt, and olive oil.
  • Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the seasoned shrimp to the skillet, cooking on both sides, just until cooked through. Remove the skillet from heat immediately to prevent over-cooking.
  • Ladle the tortellini mixture into bowls to serve, and top each bowl with a generous helping of shrimp.
  • Enjoy immediately.
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recipe adapted from Darius Cooks

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  1. Quinn Caudill says

    January 9, 2017 at 7:08 am

    What a great combination of flavors. Comfort food at its best. Thanks for sharing with us at Fiesta Friday. Happy FF! Pinned!

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  2. Phalacia Harley says

    February 24, 2017 at 2:54 am

    It was so good and easy to make

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    • 4sonsrus says

      February 24, 2017 at 7:30 am

      Isn’t it? I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed it!

      Reply
  3. Jody says

    August 25, 2017 at 5:27 pm

    Made this dish and my boys devoured it. Making it again because they said please. Great dish!!!

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    • 4sonsrus says

      August 25, 2017 at 11:47 pm

      So glad y’all loved it!!

      Reply
  4. Patti says

    September 27, 2017 at 2:10 pm

    Can this be made a day inadvance and heated up like a casserole?

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    • 4sonsrus says

      September 27, 2017 at 8:17 pm

      The tortellini should be ok. Maybe add a little more cream. But I would wait to cook and add the shrimp until just before serving.

      Reply
  5. Nesha says

    October 9, 2017 at 10:46 am

    OMG, it was very good and definitely a comfort food. I didn’t realize it was so heavy and would have cooked it on a fall/winter day.. But it was perfect.

    Reply
  6. Victoria says

    June 28, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    Love this recipe. It was delicious. However, it was very rich. I used about 2/3 of the cheeses,butter, olive oil and half and half. Next time I’ll try using half of all that. I would definitely make it again. I would just try to make it lower in far to reduce the richness.

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    • 4sonsrus says

      June 28, 2018 at 9:15 pm

      It is very rich, 100 % pure comfort food. Great idea, and the cream and cheeses can easily be reduced without sacrificing any of the flavor. Thanks for the feedback, Victoria- so glad you liked it!

      Reply
  7. Karen Leise says

    October 22, 2019 at 7:25 pm

    WAY TOO THICK!!! And shrimp is over seasoned.

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    • Ursula Walker says

      September 14, 2020 at 4:40 pm

      5 stars
      Great recipe!! I use it all the time, but I add Sautéed mushrooms also delicious! 😋

      Reply
  8. J. Murray says

    April 28, 2021 at 1:36 am

    For years I’ve found recipes online and kind of just took them as a template of what I wanted to make and tweaked a lot of the ingredients adding stuff here and there and eyeballing the ingredients to my taste pretty much making my own and then never remembering it. But tonight I went straight by the book (okay not exactly because I added diced Roma tomatoes and minced garlic but I can’t help it). This’ll not only am I saving this on my phone but I’m sneaking it into my wife’s recipe book. My wife and I are expecting our first child next month and I look forward to using more recipes from here when it’s my turn to make dinner. Love your story and your food. Thank you for sharing both with all of us!

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  9. J.Simon says

    December 13, 2021 at 7:51 pm

    5 stars
    This recipe is delicious, easy to follow. My kids say this is their favorite meal I make. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply

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