Lemon Basil Shrimp and pasta
I decided to make this pasta dish for a few reasons. One, is since I make pasta every week, I was looking to switch things up a little, and secondly, I chose a dish with an ingredient that my husband loves which is capers.
Since I do 99% of the cooking in my house, my hubby sometimes doesn’t get to eat his favorite foods because I either don’t like it, or the kids won’t like it, or I just get stumped about what to make to include that ingredient.
When we watch Food TV, he’ll mention it if he sees something he likes, and I try to take a note of that so I can make more things for him. I googled “easy pasta with shrimp” and found this recipe from Cooking light.
8 oz. uncooked pasta (whatever kind you like)
1 pound peeled and deveined large shrimp (I used frozen that was already cooked)
1/4 fresh basil, chopped
3 TB. capers (drained)
2 TB. extra virgin olive oil
2 TB fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups baby spinach
Cook the pasta according to package directions. In the last minute, add the shrimp to warm it up, or if its not cooked, add it about 3 minutes before the pasta is done to the pasta pot.
Drain the pasta and shrimp and transfer to a large bowl.
Add the capers, the olive oil, lemon juice and salt (I added pepper too!)
On a plate, add some baby spinach on the bottom of the plate and add 1 1/2 cups of the pasta mixture on top.
*The only thing I did differently was added a little more lemon juice and I drizzled a little more olive oil on each dish and added a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.
It turned out really good! Nice and light!
Per serving: 397 calories, 9.6 grams of fat, and 2.4 grams of fiber and 31 grams of protein.
****Also, I forgot to report my weigh in for last Friday!!! I lost another pound which makes my total 10 pounds! Yeah!!!
ALSO….Thanks to Cassie for bestowing this award to me!!!
ooohh I love capers too
sounds delish! Also– congrats on that 1 lb!! Woo-hoo!!
Yay Jennifer for losing 10 pounds – great job!!!
The lemon pasta looks great (sans shrimp) and I love the idea of layering fresh spinach on the bottom! Going to try this very soon!
I love capers too. I too don’t always make what everyone else likes if I don’t like it myself!
For example, my husband loves coconut, but I rarely make anything that uses coconut. I know – I’m a bad wife!!
Congrats on the weight loss!!!
Congrats on the 10 lbs.! That’s awesome.
This dish looks just up my alley – I love pasta with shrimp and lemon. I’m going to have to try it. I’m doing a cooking light recipe (with modifications) tonight. I’ll be posting it tomorrow. I love Cooking Light.
Delicious pasta with lemon basil shrimp! Congrats on losing 10 pounds! Cool!
Great job on the weight loss!
The pasta dish sounds delicious!
10 pounds! You rock!
and this dish is right up my alley. Yum!
This looks so delicious. I bought some frozen shrimp the other day and the bag said “deveined,” but they weren’t! It was the weirdest thing.
Fresh basil works wonders, I think
10 pounds is so awesome! Congrats.
Yum! That pasta looks awesome – great work on the weight loss, too!! I’ve never cooked with capers. Hmmmm. I don’t even know what they taste like!
Congrats on 10 pounds – that’s awesome!
Your pasta looks so light and delicious with that yummy lemon sauce!
Kudos on acheiving 10 lbs! I love lemon, and I am always amazed how lemon makes a dish so refreshing and vibrant in flavor. By the way, I saw on Sophia (Burp and Slurp)’s blog that you sent her a care package — so sweet of you to do!!