Lemon Pasta with Shrimp and Spinach

🧂 Ingredients

• 8 Ounces Pasta

  You can use a long or short pasta
• 1 Lemon
• 8 Ounces Shrimp
• ½ Tablespoon Olive Oil
• 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 6 Cups Fresh Spinach or 1 to 2 cups of frozen spinach
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
• 2 Cups Non-Fat Cottage Cheese
• 1 Zest and Juice from One Lemon
• 1 Lemon

  Juice
• 1 Habanero - chopped

  Optional
• ½ Cup Reserved Pasta Water

Instructions

• 1 To prepare the shrimp, first defrost them and remove the shells. Next, add the
  juice of one lemon to the shrimp and allow them to marinate in the lemon juice
  for approximately 15 minutes.
• 2 To prepare the pasta, begin by boiling water in a pot. Once the water reaches
  boiling point, add two tablespoons of salt and then add the pasta. Cook the
  pasta according to the instructions on the package.
• 3 Heat olive oil in a large pan. Add the shrimp and lemon juice to the pan.
  Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of salt and garlic powder on the shrimp. Cook for 3 or 4
  minutes until the shrimp is almost fully cooked.
• 4 When the pasta is done (according to the package instructions), Reserve ½ Cup of
  the pasta water. Add the pasta to the pan with shrimp and ¼ cup of the reserved
  pasta water.
• 5 When adding spinach to the pan with pasta and shrimp, remember to include 1
  teaspoon of salt and ½ teaspoon oftoss the spinach in with the pasta. If using
  fresh spinach, keep in mind that itnd will reduce in size significantly. pepper.
  Gently cooks quickly a
• 6 Zest and juice the Lemon
• 7 To prepare, combine cottage cheese, lemon zest, lemon juice, and habanero (if
  desired) in a bowl. Remember, if you prefer a milder flavor, you can skip the
  pepper completely, or use pepper flakes instead of habanero.
• 8 To prevent the cottage cheese from separating when added to hot pasta, add ¼ cup
  of the reserved hot pasta water to it. This will help to temper the cottage
  cheese.
• 9 After the spinach has cooked down, take the pan off the heat and mix the cottage
  cheese mixture into the pasta, shrimp, and spinach.
• 10 Serve and Enjoy!!!!

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