Pesto Shrimp Pasta Recipe
Looking for nutritious pasta recipes? Try our version of a healthy and savoury pesto prawn pasta! This simple dish takes just minutes to prepare and the recipe can be doubled or tripled for family and friends.
Ingredients:
- 1⁄2 cup mushrooms
- 3 tbsp pesto
- 170 grams prawns
- 1⁄2 whole medium tomato
- 1⁄2 cup dry wholemeal spaghetti
- 1⁄2 cup tomato sauce
- 1⁄8 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Directions:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add spaghetti and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente. Drain spaghetti.
- Warm a nonstick pan over medium heat and sauté mushrooms and chopped tomato in pesto. When mushrooms have softened, add prawns. Cook until prawns are pink, turning once, and add tomato sauce.
- Serve over spaghetti and top with Parmesan cheese.
When included in a healthy dish like this pasta with pesto and shrimp dish, shrimp are excellent for working towards your health and weight loss goals as they’re high in protein and low in calories. For more great shrimp recipes that are healthy and nutritious, like our Lemon Pepper Prawn w/ Brown Rice & Broccoli and Prawn & Asparagus Kebabs over Quinoa with Side Salad recipes, check out the Curves Nourish blog!
