So I had shrimp scampi with linguini on the menu last week and it turns out I was out of white wine! This rarely happens and I didn’t have time to drag all the kids out to get some SO I changed the pasta to this puttanesca style with the seafood which was in my freezer and needed to be used up before the move. It was so easy to throw together and very tasty. I’d make it again for sure.
Please excuse the crappy iphone photos. I didn’t have time or light to photograph properly.
So I just sauteed the seafood which I love because it only takes 4-5 minutes. Then I threw in everything else to simmer while the pasta cooked. You know angel hair cooks in no time so this was a very quick prep dinner!
At this point, I could’ve just put this in a bowl and eaten with a spoon. Mmmm. I used Muir Glen Organic pasta sauce in the Cabernet Marinara flavor. I donn’t like that many jarred sauces out there, but highly recommend this one.
For those of you paying attention, that is actually cilantro in the photo. I didn’t have parsley and needed some sort of fresh herb so cilantro is all I had. It wasn’t bad, but wrote the recipe with parsley because that’s what it really needed.
We are in route to Washington so I won’t be posting my meal plan, but I’d love to hear yours! P.S. Since I’m on the road and automatically posting this, please excuse any typos, errors, etc. as I won’t be able to fix them immediately! Thank you!
- ¾ lb whole wheat angel hair pasta
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- red pepper flakes, a few shakes (~1/8 teaspoon)
- ¾ lb shrimp & scallops (I used about ½ lb shrimp and only a few scallops- use any combo you like)
- 2 cups marinara sauce (I just eyeballed this based on what was left in the jar- feel free to use more or less depending on how much sauce you like)
- ⅓ cup starchy pasta water
- handful of kalamata olives, pitted and chopped (~1/3 cup)
- 1 lemon juiced
- lemon zest
- 1 cup feta cheese crumbles
- ¼ cup fresh Italian parsley
- salt and pepper
- Bring a large pot of water to boil and cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile heat a large skillet to medium-high heat. Season shrimp and scallops with salt and pepper. Add olive oil to skillet, add scallops and shrimp and cook for 2 minutes, then flip all seafood, add minced garlic and red pepper flakes and cook another 2 minutes on other side or until opaque.
- Add marinara sauce, ⅓ cup of pasta water, lemon juice, lemon zest, kalamata olives and turn to low. Simmer sauce until pasta is done.
- Add cooked pasta to sauce, toss in feta cheese and chopped parsley. Serve immediately.
Question: What are you planning to make this week? Send me some new recipes while I am the road!
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Hope your trip is going well. Glad you are still offering meal planning to us. This really does keep me accountable. This is the first of three crazy weeks when the boys have swim team every night. I will try to keep us mainly plant based and quick! We have added gluten back into my one sons diet. He has started medmfor his add so we are seeing if the hassle of no gluten still makes a difference or if the meds are sufficient. I also started planning snacks. I want to make sure the boys are getting healthy high nutritional value snacks since they will be eating late and having a lot of energy demands on them. I am trying lists of new things this week so we shall see how it all works out:)
Sunday- a treat for my son we are having chicken tetrazzini and veggies, he has been begging me for this for weeks.
Monday- Snack apples and peanut butter
dinner breakfast tacos with homepotatoes,fruit and vegan banana bread. Shhh my secret is that I am trying tofu scramble instead of eggs. I got tofu for the stir fry I never made so we are going to try and use it up.
Tuesday- snack protein energy bites (a new recipe)
Dinner vegetarian tortilla soup
Wednesday- snack homemade popcorn
Dinner Asian coleslaw and rice noodles
Thursday- snack homemade Lara bars
Dinner taco salad
Friday- snack healthy vegan fudgesicles
Dinner homemade pizza
Saturday-leftovers and sandwiches/wraps
You are so organized this week with snacks too! So what did they think of the tofu scramble tacos? The trip is going great so far! Thanks !
I loved them. They refused to try the tofu so the rest of the family got eggs. Tofu scramble is going to be a new got to for me. Glad your trip is going well.
This sounds delish-Great improvising!
This dish looks great! I love seafood but don’t prepare it nearly enough. We have some family coming into town so I need to work on some meals to make!
Wow, I would totally go for shrimp and scallops as additions to pasta puttanesca, it sounds great! I also like the idea of the fresh lemon in it, it’s a nice counterbalance to all the cupboard ingredients that go into a puttanesca sauce.
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