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What's Cooking (meatless): simple and quick shrimp scampi pasta

 






This is my go to dish for meatless Fridays on the days when I don't have time to prepare a meal, and we're all starving, but a meal is needed soon. It's delicious, and everyone loves it, including my pickiest eater.

(Substitute the fresh tomatoes with canned or frozen tomatoes if fresh tomatoes are not available.) 


Ingredients: spaghetti, frozen package of shrimp scampi, tomatoes, 1 tablespoon of olive oil

  1. Dice the tomatoes and saute it in a pot with olive oil.
  2. Cook the spaghetti al dente. It will finish cooking when combined with the shrimp scampi.
  3. Open 1 package of the frozen shrimp scampi (my box contains
    2 packages) and cook it in the pot with the tomatoes and olive oil.
  4. Combine the spaghetti with the shrimp scampi in the pot and cook until the shrimp starts to turn pink.
  5. Move the pot from the heat so not to overcook the shrimp and serve immediately.
  6. The sauce from the shrimp scampi is already flavorful, so no spices are needed, but season to taste if you like to add some pepper or grated parmesan cheese to jazz it up.

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