We wake up really late lately and I blame it on winter. I couldn’t get pass the morning cold that make me wanna stay more in the blanket. Morning is extremely hectic for me, other than cooking and household works, I need to drop off and pick up Yaseen from his school van. As I am running behind schedule, sometimes our lunch needs to be super quick and simple.
When I need a quick dish that not only kid friendly but also good enough to make my husband smile, I usually think of pasta. When the pasta is cooking, it gives me a lot of time to chop up things, cooking the sauce and even small clean up.
Super Quick Pasta and Shrimp
Ingredients: (4 servings)
150 gm pasta of your choice
200 gm shrimp- peeled and deveined
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp Tabasco sauce
1/2 tsp salt or to taste
1/2 tsp ground pepper
2 fresh tomatos- diced
1 onion- diced
4 cloves garlic- minced
A handful celery leaves- sliced
1/2 cup vegetable stock
2 tbsp olive oil
Preparation
- Cook pasta in salted water until al dente. Drain and keep aside.
- In a large pan, sauté onion and garlic in olive oil over the medium heat until the onion become soft and translucent.
- Add tomato, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, salt and pepper. Stir for a few second.
- Add vegetable stock and increase the heat to high. When the sauce is bubbling, add shrimp and cook further until they turn pink and curl up.
- Add pasta and mix well. Add celery leaves and give it a quick stir. Serve hot and enjoy.
Our pasta and shrimp came out from the stove in 15 minutes. The hot smoke still steamed up while it delivered in the plates. I’ve just realized that I usually waited in the restaurant for at lease 30 minutes for a plate of decent pasta. But here, we barely have to wait. By the time my husband and son mixed up their drinks, the smell of home-cooked pasta and shrimp already spread everywhere. It was so simple, fresh and comforting.
Take care,
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This sounds like a great quick meal.
My favorites are definitely quick, simple, and fantastic recipes! Why not when you can save some time and still eat the most delicious dish?! This is definitely one of those! Yum!
YUM!!! I miss my prawns!
This is beautiful looking pan..
What a terrific recipe! Easy, delicious and healthy1 Thanks for sharing! I love when something like that comes together so well!
What a super tasty pasta dish Tes – yummy.
Mandy
Just to let you know, the plural of shrimp is ‘shrimp’. Not shrimps… Recipe looks good though.
Thanks for pointing this out. I need to be more careful about writing as English is really not my mother tongue. I will update the changes right away
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This dish looks amazing! I love all the flavors and your photos are beautiful!
This looks divine!
Husband dearest is in charge of the dinners this week (wow!) but I’ll see if I can’t fit this in next week 
Hhhm, wonder how this would do with chicken!
Love this! Of course, I would chop up some greens in it too!
I love the simplicity of these types of recipes for after-work meals. Your shrimp and pasta dish looks absolutely delicious!
I am envious of your ‘quick’ lunch! This looks beautiful and delicious – and totally tramples all over the sliced deli meat sandwich I will be having today.
I just “stumbled upon” your blog and this recipe. This sounds so wonderful. I know my husband would absolutely love it!
You had me at “shrimp”. Sounds simple and delicious.
I tried this dish tonight- pretty good, healthy, and has a kick, but when using the 2 whole tomatoes and stock, it was very thin and watery, even after simmering it for a good while. Maybe less stock?
Yeah, maybe we could reduce stock because we want it to be saucy and quite dry
Thanks for the suggestion 
Made this dish for supper night, it was delicious! My husband and son both said they wanted me to make it again soon.
Wow, I’m glad you guys like it
Thanks for commenting 
This was awesome and will be added as one of our family favorites.
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