Shrimp and Linguine
4 Main Course Serving
1 lb. linguine
1-2 lbs. shrimp(very low cal, so I prefer 2 lbs. myself)
2tspns. lemon zest
juice of 1/2 a lemon
2-3 cloves freshly minced garlic to taste
1 tblspn. butter
1 tblspn. olive oil
1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste
Bring water to boil. Begin cooking your pasta. In a large skillet, combine butter, olive oil, and lemon zest. Once skillet is nice and hot, sautee your garlic (about 30 seconds), add in shrimp salt and pepper, cook about a minute, then add in wine. Cook another 4 or 5 minutes (or until shrimp is pink and curled). Remove from heat, squeeze the lemon juice, and add parsley. Toss with the linguine and serve.
**If you like a little heat, add red pepper flakes to your taste while the butter and olive oil is heating up
Tongola and Rotini (Albacore Tuna)
4 Main Dish Servings
1 lb. Rotini
2 cans Tongola in water (can find at Trader Joes) or Albacore
1 tblspn. anchovey paste if you can find it, usually at more "ethnic" grocery stores. It is a traditional ingredient in this dish, and many seafood pastas.
1 can cannelini beans drained and rinsed
juice of 1 lemon
1/2 of vidalia onion chopped fine
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 cup fresh chopped parsley
3 tspns. olive oil...reserve 2 tspns. to drizzle over top at end
salt and pepper to taste
Bring water to boil, and begin cooking pasta. In a large skillet, heat 1 tspn. of olive oil, (if seems like it is not enough I like to add a little cooking spray), sautee onion until transluscent, add anchovey paste, beans, salt, and pepper. Cook for 2 or 3 minutes making sure to give an occassional stir, add tongola, cook another 3 minutes or so giving a good stir here and there. Add wine, reduce heat, and let simmer 5-7 minutes, or until wine is just about cooked out. Remove from heat, juice the lemon over the top, drizzle olive oil over top, add parsley, and toss with rotini and serve.
**A nice variation is to use chick peas instead of cannelini, 1 cup choppped fresh tomato, and 1 clove of garlic minced.
I also like to use the whole wheat versions of pastas, they fill you up longer, better for you, and I personally think they taste better with these traditional dishes. The only time I like white flour pasta better is if it is home made by my mother LOL. These are also both very fast dinners to put together..under 30 mintues for sure. Just cook up some veggies in the micro, or make a sald and your good to go :)