Shrimpin'

In college you often find your self cooking the easy meals such as chicken and Mac n' Cheese. To change things up and still be able to have money in your pocket for the bar, you should try out cooking shrimp. This week I mixed things up and decided to tryout my own shrimp pasta concoction.

Before getting to the actual recipe, it is important to remember to get to “all of your food” groups, so I also incorporated a green salad with avocado. The best way to make a simple salad a little zestier is to throw on avocado, pepper and parmesan. Another good thing to add to the salad if your budget allows it is to toss in some of the Texas Toast Creaser Salad Croutons. With the health benefits of avocado for good skin, the crunch of the croutons, and the overall greatness of a salad, this is one affordable side entre to this shrimpy delight.

This meal is simple and easy for any student to whip up one evening. First thing’s first is prepare the pasta. For those who don’t know how to prepare pasta, you boil the water, and then you add the spaghetti (or linguini) to the boiling water. After about 8-10 minutes, you can check to see if the pasta is al-dente. If you think the pasta is ready then you strain the water out of the pot and the pasta can sit in the pot while you prepare the shrimp.

The shrimp is still very easy to prepare. Granted this part is preference, but I always take the tails off the shrimp before I cook them. After you detail the shrimp you toss them into a sauté pan with butter, garlic, salt and pepper. 

Let this sauté for a good 5 minutes, tossing and mixing the buttery mix all together every so often. After it has sautéed for 5 minutes, you add in the Alfredo sauce and warm the sauce until you pour all the contents over the pasta. Mixing it all together, you are now ready to prepare your plate!

Bon Appétit!