Pasta Two Nights in a Row...

I can't think of one single objection to pasta every night of the week! My husband, however, still very much enjoys rice, and other side dishes. I was lucky enough to sneak in angel hair pasta back to back this weekend though. (My favorite!)

Sunday is our 'family day' and typically we do or make something together. This weekend, we were in busy busy busy mode preparing for 'The Organizer' first thing Monday morning, that we didn't go anywhere special. But had a pic-a-nic dinner in the living room while we watched a "family" movie... some monster truck special my husband found. More for the boys than for me... another oh-so-clear reminder that I am very much outnumbered in my own home.

Shrimp Scampi was on the menu. A new recipe (thank you, allrecipes.com) with a few of my own "twisits."

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Enjoy

Any recipe that starts with a whole stick of butter sounds good to me!

"I like cooking with wine.... sometimes, I even put it in the food."

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

1 lb peeled, deveined shrimp

4-6 cloves garlic, minced, chopped, finely grated (however you use garlic!)

1 cup white wine
5-6 Tbsp italian bread crumbs
6-8 big basil leaves, finely sliced ("confettied")

1 tsp. dried parsley (or fresh, if you have it on hand; I didn't)

3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Preparation

In a large saucepan, melt butter, saute garlic until tender. Add shrimp and cook until colored pink. Stir in white wine. The bread crumbs are used as thickening, so stir in about a tablespoon at a time until desired thickness is reached. Season with parsley and basil.
Serve shrimp over angel hair pasta, sprinkled with reserved bread crumbs and parmesan cheese.

love!