Lemon Garlic Shrimp Pasta

Here's an easy recipe for all my shrimp lovers ~ lemon garlic shrimp pasta! My husband used to hate shrimp and now with these new recipes I try, he LOVES it! He even had seconds, AND took leftovers to work. I call that a win. This recipe is for the cooks who never have fresh herbs laying around :-) but if you have them, you can definitely substitute them in.

Ingredients:

• 1 pound raw deveined shrimp
• 10 oz thin spaghetti or angel hair noodles (a little over half a box)
• ½ TBSP dried basil
• ½ TBSP dried parsley
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 3 cloves garlic - (1 ½ tsp jarred garlic)
• 3 TBSP lemon juice (+zest from peel)
• 3 TBSP olive oil
• 3 TBSP butter

Directions:

1. Peel tails off shrimp. Put the olive oil and butter in a pan over medium-high heat.
2. Boil noodles with salt.
3. Toss in the shrimp with the butter/olive oil and let cook for 2 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add in garlic and cook another 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
4. Once the noodles are done, take ⅓ cup of the boiled water and pour it into the shrimp. Drain the rest.
5. Mix the noodles with shrimp and add parsley, basil, lemon juice, and some lemon zest.
6. Heat for a few minutes, stir, and enjoy!