Shrimp Pasta

Happy Thursday Friday Eve!!!!

Tuesday night I decided to get a little crafty in the kitchen and ignore my crockpot..
I pulled out a few pans..some basic ingredients and set out to make a simple shrimp pasta. Tuesday is not my grocery store day so I needed to make use of what I already had in my fridge. This pasta could not have turned out better and it was made with only  a few simple ingredients!!!! I chose shrimp because when I make a seafood pasta shrimp is always my go-to and as always, it did not disappoint.

When  I am making a seafood pasta my two favorite types of noodles to use are linguine or angel hair pasta. I used whole wheat linguine this time but honestly if you are watching your carbs- zoodles ( zucchini noodles) are a great option and taste just as yummy in my opinion!!!!

This recipe took me about 15 minutes to pull together...not difficult at all!!!

Enjoy!!!

Ingredients:

Juice of a lemon

Linguine noodles/zoodles/angel hair pasta

grape tomatoes - halved

2 cloves of garlic minced

1 onion- chopped and diced

butter

handful of spinach

1/2 cup dry white wine

1/2 LB shrimp - salt and peppered and lightly dusted in flour ( or almond flour)

** I lightly dusted my shrimp in flour- you can completely omit this and it will not change the recipe**

Method:

*TIP* Prep your dinner beforehand meaning deveining your shrimp and seasoning them, have your noodles ready and waiting to throw into the boiling water, have all your other ingredients chopped, diced, and ready to just throw in the pot**

In a medium sized dutch oven or large skillet start by sautéing the onion ( over medium heat)  in 2 tablespoons of butter once the onion is starting to turn translucent then add the garlic. While the onion/garlic is cooking go ahead and cook your noodles ( boiling hot water for ten minutes).  

To the onion and garlic add some dry white wine, the juice of a lemon and deglaze ( cook down a bit).  Then throw in your tomatoes and spinach and let them bathe in those wonderful juices allowing everything to sort of wilt and marry together. 

At this point your noodles should be finished- strain them and rinse them and add them to the pot with the garlic and onion and other veggies. Also add more butter at this time if needed and mix the noodles in well. 

Now to cook the shrimp

In a skillet with again..more butter :) 

add your shrimp- take care not to over crowd them

cook evenly for 3 minutes each side and then remove from heat. 

Toss the shrimp in with the noodles and add freshly grated parmesan cheese and basil!!!!

This was a great dinner!!!!