This recipe for Pesto Shrimp Pasta is really simple to prepare, yet it will give you the impression that you are enjoying a dinner of restaurant quality in the comfort of your own home.

Ingredients

8 oz. spaghetti

2 minced garlic cloves

Salt to taste

1 tbsp. olive oil

8 oz. asparagus

1 cup sliced white mushrooms

¾ pound peeled and deveined shrimp

⅛ tsp. red pepper

¼ cup pesto – or pr

2 tbsp. grated parmesan cheese

Direction

In a pot of boiling salted water, cook the spaghetti for 10 minutes.

The spaghetti should be drained but some of the pasta water should be kept aside.

In a skillet, heat the olive oil.

After the garlic, asparagus, and mushrooms have been sautéed for 5 minutes, they should be tender.

Adding the shrimp to the skillet and seasoning with red pepper flakes is the next step

Let it cook for 5 minutes.

You can add a few tablespoons of pasta water if the liquid is needed.

Combine the pesto sauce and the parmesan cheese.

Add the pesto to the shrimp and stir well.

After 5 minutes, remove from the heat

Serve with spaghetti