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Quick Dinners in Under 30! Creamy White Cheddar Skillet Gnocchi

Creamy White Cheddar Skillet Gnocchi in white bowl with fork

How about a quick, weeknight, vegetarian meal that even picky little kids will eat?! (Or at least my picky little kid did!) Are your kids particular about what they will eat? This “I don’t like it” stuff from an otherwise adorable 3 year old is making me crazy. My expectations were too high. My teenage son eats and has always eaten most anything. Except cake. The kid does not like cake! Weird. Anyway, all this to say I was pretty pumped when she actually ate this! We all loved it and instead of packaging up the leftovers like a respectable person would do we just all had another helping and stuffed ourselves until we could barely walk out of the kitchen.

Creamy White Cheddar Skillet Gnocchi in white bowl with fork

The good news? This meal took less than 30 minutes to prepare! The not so good news? Sorry….that doesn’t include clean up time. But since it’s all done in one skillet then I think we can agree it’s doable, right? Pull out your favorite skillet and your knife and cutting board and get to work!

Creamy White Cheddar Skillet Gnocchi in white bowl with fork with red pepper in background

There are some time saving tricks you could utilize here that I was apparently not smart enough to think of before I jumped into this. Presliced mushrooms. Already shredded cheese? They even make onions that are chopped and frozen, all ready to go! Have you tried them? At least I remembered to use my jar of minced garlic!

Skillet Gnocchi step by step instruction in pictures

 

This is one of those skillet meals that allows you to throw one thing in the skillet to start cooking and while that’s going on you can be chopping the next. And since we left the meat out there is no cross-contamination to worry about.

Creamy White Cheddar Skillet Gnocchi in white bowl with fork

Get your beautiful veggies all sautéed up. Then get the broth simmering. Get that gnocchi in there (which cooks super fast!). Then finish it all off with some cream, cheese and seasoning. Mmmmmm…. quick comfort food!

Creamy White Cheddar Skillet Gnocchi in white bowl with fork

 

Creamy White Cheddar Skillet Gnocchi

Quick Dinners in Under 30! Creamy White Cheddar Skillet Gnocchi

Jennifer Draper
How about a quick, weeknight, vegetarian meal that even picky little kids will eat? This Creamy White Cheddar Skillet Gnocchi will do the trick!
4.50 from 2 votes
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Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 537 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 small yellow onion diced (about 1/4 cup)
  • 1 small red pepper diced
  • 8 ounces portobello mushrooms sliced
  • 3 ounces baby spinach (about 2 handfuls)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 1 pound packaged gnocchi
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • pepper
  • red pepper flakes
  • 3/4 cups shredded sharp white cheddar

Instructions
 

  • Heat the butter and olive oil in a large skillet
  • Dice your onions and add them to the heated skillet
  • Saute the onions for about 2-3 minutes until they just start to soften while you slice your pepper
  • Let the pepper cook another 3-4 minutes while you clean and slice your mushrooms
  • Add the mushrooms and let everything cook until it starts to soften and become tender or about 5-8 more minutes
  • Add spinach and garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes until spinach wilts
  • Add broth and bring to a boil
  • Add gnocchi and let boil until tender, about 3 minutes
  • Add cream and seasonings and let simmer another 1-2 minutes until heated through
  • Remove from heat and stir in shredded cheese until melted smooth

Nutrition

Calories: 537kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 15gFat: 32gSaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 78mgSodium: 927mgPotassium: 552mgFiber: 4gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 3750IUVitamin C: 45.3mgCalcium: 228mgIron: 5.5mg
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6 Comments

  1. 4 stars
    Hi Jen!

    This turned out delicious, but it was almost soup. I followed your directions to the letter and made no substitutions. Is that how the recipe was intended, or did you mean for it too have a creamy, thick texture?

    I guess I can always thicken it with some corn starch, but thought I would ask!

    1. Hi Laura! Yes, it definitely should have been thick and creamy. If the broth doesn’t boil down enough or for some other reason it turns out too runny then yes cornstarch is a very good and quick fix.

  2. 5 stars
    This was AMAZING. I will make it again with chanterelles and maybe cut the cheddar with gorgonzola. Husband couldn’t stop talking about how good this was.

  3. Love Gnocchi! So happy I stumbled upon your blog. Loving everything I see! (Gnocchi isn’t listed in the ingredients, how much of it?)

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