If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times…my kids LOVE when we make shrimp and noodles.
Love it.
This easy little recipe right here whips up so quickly in your food processor and bonus, it’s fun for kids to make too! My kiddos love to put everything in and then press the button and watch it zip around. If you’ve never made homemade pesto before, it’s SUUUUPER simple! You put everything in, whiz it around and bam! It’s done.
We, of course, used gluten-free noodles for an easy g-free meal.
Enjoy!!
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Pesto Shrimp Pasta
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 to 6 1x
Description
If you’ve never made homemade pesto before, you should! It’s as easy as putting everything in your food processor and hitting the button. Plus, it’s delish too!!
Ingredients
- 1 pound of shrimp (thawed if frozen; we love Trader Joe’s Red Argentinian Shrimp)
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)
- salt and pepper
- about 2 cups of fresh basil leaves (plus a bit more for garnish)
- about ½ cup of cilantro leaves
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 cup of almonds
- 1 cup of grated Parmesan cheese (plus a bit more for garnish)
- 1 pound of cooked and ready to eat pasta (hot!!)
Instructions
- We like to grill our shrimp simply. We toss it in a bit of EVOO with a pinch of both salt and pepper and grill it in a basket on our grill for about 5 to 6 minutes or in a big skillet on our stove.
- While your shrimp is grilling, add your basil leaves, cilantro, garlic, almonds and Parm in your food processor. Place the lid carefully on top and turn it on. As your food processor is going around, slowly drizzle EVOO down into the feeder tube at the top until your pesto reaches your desired consistency. (You can stop it mid-way and test it out to see.)
- Finally, assemble! Toss together your hot pasta with the grilled shrimp and fresh pesto. Garnish with a bit more grated Parm and basil and dinner is done.
Notes
We are a gluten-free house, so this was an easy g-free meal simply by swapping out the pasta for a gluten-free one.
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says
Ooh, I can’t wait to try this! Looks really good! ?
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Jaime says
Have you guys tried making a spinach pesto yet?
Mix and Match Mama says
totally!! I love it with cilantro!!
Jaime says
Do kensington and smiths friends ever stay for dinner? What do you normally make when your kids friends come over and may not like the food you already have on the meal plan:)?
Mix and Match Mama says
They do! I always try and accommodate/change/add/take away/whatever makes the guest feel like dinner was amazing!
Rebecca Lee says
hello, what g-free pasta do you buy?
Mix and Match Mama says
Trader Joe’s!
Jaime says
Ok I’ve always wanted to ask this:) what do you do when dinner is just not a hit for anyone lol. Like When you try out new recipes or come up with new recipes and they just don’t turn out good? Do you have a back up plan ever?:)
Mix and Match Mama says
I would say that really doesn’t happen over here. If it did though, I’d call Domino’s 😉 .
Claire R says
does this recipe feed your family of 6 or do you double it? looks amazing
Mix and Match Mama says
Yes! This feeds us all!