Shrimp, Broccoli, and Spinach Pasta
| February 25, 2012 | Posted by Madeline @ Food, Fitness, and Family under Dinner, Recipes, Seafood |
Marriage is about finding your soul mate. The ying to your yang. The one who balances and completes you. Lucky for me I did. Chris and I are opposites in so many ways it’s funny. One of the things I just can’t comprehend about him is his distaste for shrimp. I LOVE shrimp! SO when Chris had to go out of town for training the other night I knew I had to utilize shrimp into my dinner.
This pasta was just the right amount of creamy. I loved the combo of the shrimp, broccoli and spinach. The tomatoes added another flavor which went along with it perfectly.
This is also the perfect dish for the Lenten season. As a Catholic, I don’t eat meat on Friday’s during Lent. Fish is A-OK though 
Shrimp, Spinach, and Broccoli Pasta
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Keywords: saute entree Shrimp
Ingredients (4 servings)
- 12 ounces whole-wheat linguine
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 1 cup broccoli, chopped
- 1 cup spinach, roughly chopped
- 2 cups shrimp, cooked & tailless
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
- 1 medium tomato, chopped
- 1/3 cup ricotta
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- a pinch of salt
Instructions
In a large pot, bring water to a boil. Salt/oil the water if desired. Cook pasta according to directions on box.
In a medium frying pan, heat the olive oil to medium heat. Add broccoli and onion. Saute until tender, or about 5 minutes.
Add spinach, basil, and shrimp and cook an additional 3-4 minutes.
Stir in ricotta and milk. Mix until well combined. Add to pasta.
I love shrimp! This looks so good, even at 9am
This looks delicious! I love using ricotta cheese in unexpected places. How can Chris not like shrimp? It’s SO good.
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I seriously don’t know! It is so darn tasty!
This looks good. Anything with pasta and shrimp has to be good!!
Pinned!
Looks and sounds delicious. I love shrimp too and spinach and broccoli lol
So funny that you say your hubby doesn’t like shrimp so you’ll eat it when he’s away. My hubby likes liver (ohh gross!) so he has that when I’m traveling.
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Liver??? EWW!! My mom used to make liver and onions once in a blue moon haha
yummmmm! my sweet and spicy shrimp and broccoli with soba noodles is my FAV. just made it the other night!
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This looks great! Perfect Friday dinner!
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This sounds amazing! I’m always looking for new recipes to try when the hubs is home, so I will definitely need to give this one a try!
-Heather
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If you do let me know what you think!
mmm I love all things in this recipe. Looks amaaaaaazing.
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Yum! I love shrimp, and luckily Will is a fan too. However, I started introducing him to fish early on in our relationship, so that mayyyy have something to do with it 8)
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Girl Chris is the biggest skeptic in the world and it’s hard to “untrain” his tinking after almost 27 years on this planet … lol
YUM! I’ve been craving a good broccoli dish lately. I’m making this for dinner. For Sure. Thanks for the inspiration!
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