Best Healthy Garlic Shrimp Pasta Recipes

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.

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.