Spaghetti With Shrimp and Pesto

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This fragrant crockery of whole-grain pasta successful a lemony basil pesto condiment studded with plump shrimp is 1 you decidedly request successful your weeknight arsenal. It comes unneurotic successful 20 minutes with ingredients easy kept connected hand.

Serve with a elemental salad.

You'll person leftover pesto, which tin beryllium refrigerated -- covered with integrative wrapper straight connected the surface, past sealed successful an airtight instrumentality -- for up to 3 days.

From cookbook writer and nutritionist Ellie Krieger.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 4-6

For the pesto

1/4 cupful conifer nuts
2 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
3 cups loosely packed caller basil leaves
1/3 cupful freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
1 tablespoonful caller citrus juice
1/2 cupful extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 spoon salt
1/8 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper

For the spaghetti

12 ounces dried whole-grain spaghetti
1 tablespoonful olive oil
2 ample cloves garlic, sliced
1 lb medium-to-large shrimp (26-30 count), peeled and deveined
3 tablespoons caller citrus juice
Pinch crushed reddish capsicum flakes
Salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
4 tiny sprigs caller basil, torn oregon chopped into bladed strips, for garnish

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 6, utilizing 3/4 cupful pesto)

Calories
450
Fat
22 g
Saturated Fat
4 g
Carbohydrates
45 g
Sodium
280 mg
Cholesterol
125 mg
Protein
26 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From cookbook writer and nutritionist Ellie Krieger.

Tested by Nilar Andrea Chit Tun.

Published June 15, 2016

Updated March 15, 2026