Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Seafood Spaghetti

Okay, I promise this meal is AMAZING even if the picture isn't very good quality. I had two hungry guys (Paul and our friend Rick) trying to eat and they were in no mood to wait for me to make a pretty dish of food for a picture.

I was going to retake the picture the next day, but there were NO leftovers! A great clue to how delicious this meal is... :)

This recipe came from my Aunt Roxanne. Once upon a time, our family ate dinner at their house. She made this fantastic meal and our family begged my mom to get the recipe. My mom made it occasionally and then I made sure to get the recipe from her when I left home for college and married life. I LOVE this meal and Paul is a big fan as well. Apparently, Rick is as well, as he told me: "I must be over from now on whenever you make this for dinner..." Yay for compliments on making fantastic meals! :)

What I love: there is no sauce for this spaghetti and yet it still tastes great! The seafood and feta cheese mixed together are also delicious.

Seafood Spaghetti

Ingredients:
*1/2 onion, chopped
*olive oil
*1-2 cloves garlic, minced
*1 bag of cooked shrimp, with the tails taken off
*1 package of imitation crab legs, chopped
*1 package of scallops (optional)
*1 package of feta cheese with tomato and basil
*1 package of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
*1 package of spaghetti
*dill weed
*salt
*Parmesan cheese

Directions:
1) In a large pan, saute garlic and onion in olive oil. When tender, add shrimp and scallops (optional), salt and dill weed (2 pinches).
2) Drain and thaw spinach. Squeeze out all of the water. Add the spinach to the pan. Add the crab and some of the feta cheese.
3) Boil noodles according to the box. Drain. Return to pot and add the shrimp mixture.
4) Put on plates, top with parmesan and additional feta and salt. Enjoy!

Comments:
*Seafood can be expensive. To avoid making an expensive meal, I keep my eye on seafood prices every time that I go grocery shopping. Whenever something is on sale that goes in this meal, I get it. For example, last week, shrimp was 'buy one get one free' so I have shrimp stocked up for the next time that I make this meal. *I only add scallops every other time that I make this meal. Paul does not care for them very much but I LOVE them. This is our compromise. It tastes great with or without them.

3 comments:

  1. Fresh spinach works just a good!
    Just made a variation of this recipe the other day!

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  2. Thanks mom! I was wondering if fresh spinach would work, so thanks for the head's up! :)

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  3. This tastes great with any kind of chopped olives added afterward, especially if you are an olive fan.
    Aunt Roxanne xxx

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