Make Dinner Easier with Lemon Pasta

🧂 Ingredients

• 8 Ounces Pasta

  You can use a long or short pasta
• 2 Tablespoon Olive Oil
• 1 Tablespoon Garlic
• 8 Ounces Shrimp
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 ½ Lemon - Zest and Juice
• ½ Ounce Parmesan cheese
• ½ Cup Reserved Pasta Water
• ¼ Cup Basil
• ½ Tablespoon Red pepper flakes

  Optional

Instructions

• 1 Cook the Pasta. Bring a pot of water to boil. Once the water starts to boil add
  2 Tablespoons of salt and the Pasta. Cook the pasta according to the
  instructions on the package. NOTE: Pasta should be Al Dente because it will cook
  a little more when added to the shrimp.
• 2 Heat olive oil in a large pan. Add the cleaned shrimp and garlic to the pan.
  Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of salt on the shrimp. Cook for 3 or 4 minutes until the
  shrimp is almost fully cooked. Add the lemon juice.
• 3 When the pasta is done (according to the package instructions), Reserve ½ Cup of
  the pasta water. Add the pasta, pasta water, and the parmesan cheese to the pan
  with the shrimp. Cook until the sauce has thickened and coated the pasta.
• 4 Turn off the heat and add the chopped basil and lemon zest.
• 5 Serve and Enjoy!!!!

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