Healthy Garlic Shrimp Spinach Pasta Food

GARLIC SHRIMP & SPINACH ONE-PAN PASTA

Steps:

• Heat light olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Saute garlic until fragrant, about 1 minute, stirring often.
• Add shrimp and saute with the garlic until cooked through, about 2-3 minutes.
• Remove garlic and shrimp from pan with slotted spoon.
• Add penne, chicken broth, white wine, water, salt and pepper to the pan and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium and cook the pasta, stirring occasionally.
• When the liquid has reduced by about half, add the shrimp and garlic back to the pan and stir to combine with the pasta.
• Cook for another 2-3 minutes, until the liquid has thickened slightly.
• Add the spinach leaves and stir into the pasta.
• Remove from the heat and serve straight from the pan!
• Garnish with grated Parmesan, fresh chopped parsley, and lemon wedges, if desired.

ONE-POT LEMON GARLIC SHRIMP PASTA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a large pot, boil water and add pasta. Cook (stirring frequently) until al dente.
• Drain and set pasta aside.
• In the same pan, heat olive oil and 2 tablespoons of butter. Add garlic and crushed red pepper, cook until fragrant.
• Toss in shrimp, salt and pepper to taste, and stir until shrimp start to turn pink, but are not fully cooked.
• Add oregano and spinach, cook until wilted.
• Return cooked pasta to the pot, add remaining butter, parmesan, and parsley. Stir until well mixed and the butter is melted.
• When the shrimp are cooked, add lemon juice, mix once more, then serve while hot.
• Enjoy!

HEALTHY GARLIC SHRIMP PASTA

Steps:

• In a small bowl add shrimp, 2 cloves of minced garlic, lemon zest, 1/2 T of oil, salt and pepper. Mix all together, and set aside to marinate for 15 minutes.
• Bring a pot of water to a boil, add tomatoes. Boil for 2 minutes, then remove from water, run under cold water, until tomatoes are cooled, then peel the skin and chop. Set aside.
• In a skillet, heat 1 T oil, Add in Shrimp, cook only 3-5 minutes, until shrimp is pink. Remove and set aside.
• In the skillet, there will be residue from the shrimp. Heat back up, add the other 2 cloves of minced garlic, and pepper flakes, once there is an aromatic smell, add the tomatoes, Italian spice, and oregano. Turn the heat down to Med Low, and cook the tomatoes slowly for about 10-15 minutes. Once they have broken down a bit, add the spinach on top of the tomatoes, and cover with a lid. Let it cook for 5-10 minutes on Medium Low. Once the spinach has wilted, mix into the tomatoes, add the lemon juice,and a little salt. Serve over your pasta, and add shrimp. A sprinkle of parm is good to add on top.

HEALTHY GARLIC, SHRIMP, SPINACH & "PASTA."

Steps:

• 1. Slice the spaghetti squash right down the middle so that you have 2 halves. Preheat oven to 425 & pour the 1/4 cup water into a shallow baking pan. Pierce the skin of the squash all over w/ a good strong fork. Place squash halves side by side in pan facing down, Bake squash 15-20 mins. Take out of oven, turn 1 of the squashes over & using a fork scrape out the seeds and pulp. Scrape to see if strands of "pasta" come out easily. If so they're done. If not, put back in oven, cook another 10 mins.
• 2. Once squash is done, scrap all seeds & pulp out of the shells and then scrape all the stringy " pasta" out of the hulls of the squash. Place the squash pasta in a medium bowl w/ 2tbsps of butter & cover, set aside. In large pot, place 2 tsp olive oil, spinach, & cherry tomatoes, set over medium, cover 2-3 mins, uncover , season w/ salt & pepper to taste and stir. Put cover back on, set on low to keep warm. In a large skillet, heat 1 tsp oil over medium heat. Add onion. Cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add garlic,shrimp & most of the red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring, 2 mins.
• 3. Stir in broth, Old Bay Seasoning & pepper. Cook 2-3 mins more. Remove pan from heat, stir in 1 tbsp butter & remaining oil, stirring until butter is melted. Stir in the parsley, dill & the lemon juice. Add shrimp mix to " pasta" mix and gently mix to combine. Spoon Spaghetti "pasta" mix into the large pot w/ the spinach & tomatoes. Increase heat to medium, while gently stirring to meld together. Sprinkle w/ grated Parmesan cheese, remaining red pepper flakes, parsley and more dill, if you want.

GARLIC SPINACH SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in salted boiling water according to the package instructions. Drain, reserving 2/3 cup of the pasta water, then set aside.
• In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the garlic and crushed red pepper flakes and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes.
• Add about one-fourth of the cooked pasta to the pan, followed by one-fourth of the spinach, one-fourth of the Parmesan, one-fourth of the lemon juice and one-fourth of the lemon zest, stirring all the time until the spinach has wilted, about 1 minute. Continue this process of adding the ingredients in quarters, with additions of pasta water as needed if the mixture becomes too dry, until the pasta, spinach, Parmesan, lemon juice and lemon zest have all been added.
• Sprinkle over more Parmesan and season with freshly cracked black pepper. Toss until everything is well coated. Taste and adjust the seasonings, as needed.

LEMONY GARLIC SHRIMP WITH PASTA

Steps:

• Dissolve the kosher salt in 1 gallon of water in a large pot. Add the shrimp, and refrigerate 2 to 4 hours. Drain and pat shrimp dry with paper towels.
• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the angel hair pasta, and return to a boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through but is still firm to the bite, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain well in a colander set in the sink.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Stir in the garlic, and cook until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the shrimp, white wine, lemon juice, and red pepper flakes. Cook and stir until the shrimp is no longer translucent in the center, about 6 minutes. Stir in the black pepper, parsley, and lemon zest before tossing with the angel hair pasta.

GARLIC SHRIMP AND SPINACH LINGUINE

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling salted water cook linguine, according to package directions until tender but firm; drain and return to pot.
• Mix 2 tablespoons of the wine with cornstarch until smooth; set aside. In a large skillet, melt butter over meduim-high heat; cook shrimp, garlic, red pepper and hot pepper flakes, stirring for about 5 minutes or until shrimp are opaque. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to a bowl; set aside.
• Pour remaining wine into same pan; increase heat to high and bring to a boil, scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pan. Boil for about 3 minutes or until wine is reduce by about one-third; stir in cream and return to boil. Whisk in cornstarch mixture; boil, stirring for 1 minute.
• Stir in shrimp mixture with any juices and spinach. Cook stirring for 1 minute or until spinach is wilted and shrimp are hot. Season to taste with up to 1/4 teaspoons salt. Pour over linguine and toss to coat. Serve sprinkled with basil.
• COOKING TIP: let shrimp thaw in the package set in a bowl overnight in the refrigerator or empty into a colander and run under cold water. Peel and devein, if necessary, and pat dry.
• FOR THE ADVENTUROUS: Increase the hot pepper flakes to 1/2 teaspoons and add 1 tablespoons drained green peppercorns, or 2 tablespoons drained capers with the spinach.