pah-stuh

this weekend my dad came over from the island to hang out with me! i'm surprised he even made it over - it snowed quite a bit friday night. the only problem he ran into was on the ferry... nobody had thought to salt the bridge to take you onto the boat. that was just really stupid. dad left yesterday and today i was a bit homesick and it was cold so i decided to make a big pot of yummy pasta. it was sooo good i seriously wanted to eat the whole thing but i left some for lunch tomorrow.. that took all my willpower!

what you will need:
2-3 handfuls of whole wheat rotini pasta (farfalle or angel hair pasta would be good too)
1 tsp olive oil
5 shrimp (i used pre-cooked frozen and thawed them)
1/2 onion, chopped finely
4-5 garlic cloves, minced
1/3 zucchini, chopped
1/2 a broccoli head
1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
1 tbsp sun dried tomatoes, chopped into chunks
small chunk of feta cheese
1 tsp paprika and thyme
1 1/2 tsp crushed chili flakes

step 1:
put a pot of water on high and add a pinch of salt. leave until boiling. in the meantime, take your shrimp and defrost them in a sieve under cold, running water. chop your veggies while waiting for water and shrimp.
step 2:
put a pan on medium heat and add in olive oil. when warm add in onion and crushed garlic. saute for 5 minutes until onions are soft. at this point your water should be boiling so add in pasta and cook for ~8 minutes or until done.
step 3:
add spices into saute pan and cook for a minute. add in sun dried tomatoes, zucchini, broccoli and cook for 5 minutes. pour in chicken broth and thawed shrimp, stir. add cooked pasta into the pan and toss. when warm, crumble chunk of feta straight into the pan and toss again. serve!


next time i'm going to add more sun dried tomatoes cause they were just soooo yummy.

nommy pasta   : )