Healthy Recipe - Week Night Pasta

This is one of our go to meals on a week night or whenever we are pressed for time. We usually make a big batch and use the leftovers for lunch the next day. 

Ingredients:

Box Bow Tie Pasta or preferred pasta

1/4 c Olive oil

1lb Shrimp or Chicken

1 single serving Frozen Sweet Peas

1 small Tomatoe

3 Halves Artichoke Hearts

2 Tbsp Capers

1 Tbsp Minced Garlic

1/2 small Onion

8 Mushrooms

1/3 cup Parmesan Cheese shaved

2 Tbsp Basil Pesto

3-4 Fresh Basil Leaves

Cayenne

Salt 

Pepper

Instructions:

Begin by boiling your pasta using the directions on the box to reach desired tenderness. While pasta is cooking prepare the rest of your ingredients. Chop onions, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Set aside tomatoes. Saute onions, garlic, capers and mushrooms in olive oil until mushrooms are cooked and onions are transparent and lightly caramelized. Remove mushrooms and onions from pan and begin to saute shrimp. Add a pinch of cayenne pepper, black pepper and salt to shrimp. Drain pasta, toss with onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, peas, capers, artichokes and parmesan cheese. Once shrimp is cooked add to the pasta mixture. The final touch is to add your basil pesto, stir all ingredients and top with fresh basil.