Sunday, January 30, 2011

Shrimp and Asparagus Pasta

So I made double of this dish to save for lunch tomorrow. Its a really light dinner which is nice after a weekend of heavy eating. I used Trader Joe's Traditional Marinara sauce, but you can use whatever sauce you like. It would go really well with a white-wine garlic sauce or even a lemon-butter sauce.

Shrimp and Asparagus Pasta


Ingredients
- About 12 Shrimp- unfrozen
- 1 Bunch of Asparaus- sliced into about half inch peices (cut off the very bottom fibrious part)
- A handful of Basil
- Two servings of Whole Wheat Pasta
- As many cloves of garlic as you like- I used like 8

Directions
  1.  Boil water and cook two servings of whole wheat Pasta according to directions on pasta package.
  2. While the pasta is cooking, heat Olive oil in a pan in medium high heat. When Olive Oil is heated throw in garlic and sautee for about 1-2 minutes.
  3. After Garlic has sauteed throw in the shrimp, basil and asparagus peices
  4. Cook all the ingredients for about 5-7 minutes until the asparagus is cooked through. 
  5. Lower heat and add pasta sauce to the pan. Stir around so that the ingredients are covered in the pasta sauce and wait until the pasta is done cooking. Should be about 3 minutes or so left.
  6. Strain pasta when done and cover in the marinara and ingredients.
  7. Enjoy with a nice side salad

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