Warm Pasta Salad with Shrimp

Warm Pasta Salad with Shrimp

Christine Goss

www.Brunos.com

3 cups uncooked farfalle (bow tie pasta)

¼ cup fresh lemon juice

1 ½ tsp Dijon mustard

1 tsp minced fresh garlic

¼ cup olive oil

½ tsp salt

½ tsp black pepper

Cooking spray

12 ounces shrimp, peeled and deveined

1 ½ cup chopped fresh spinach

1 cup canned cannellini beans, rinsed and drained

¼ cup minced red onion

2 Tbs chopped capers

Preparation

Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt; drain.

Combine juice, mustard and garlic in a small bowl, stirring well with a wire whisk.  Gradually add oil, stirring constantly with a whisk.  Stir in salt and pepper. 

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high hear.  Coat pan with cooking spray.  Add shrimp to pan; cook for 2 minutes or until done.  Stir in spinach, cannellini beans, red onion, and 2 Tbs capers; toss to combine.  Add the pasta and juice to shrimp mixture; toss.

This dish is a great meal or a side dish.  Serve hot or cold.

Enjoy!! 

Noon Cooking - February 2, 2012