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Italian Seafood Pasta

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Italians enjoy their surf and turf!  This plate includes: Shrimp, Mussels, Clams, Crab and Lobster. Prep time 5 minutes. Cooking time:  15-20 minutes from stove to table!  This recipe maybe used exclusively for any single item of seafood of your choosing. (ex. Only clams or mussels (use 2 lb.’s) or shrimp (Use 1 -2 lb’s).  Don’t forget to choose a wine

Serves 6 people

  • 4 garlic cloves (minced and set aside. use half for initial sauté, remaining half is added at the end or recipe.)
  • 1/2 cup Olive Oil
  • 1/2 onion chopped
  • 4 Tbsp Parsley ( chopped and set aside)
  • 360 g of Barilla Pasta (Spaghetti or Fettuccine)
  • 1 Tbsp salt
  • 1/2 pound cherry tomatoes (optional)
  • 1/2 lb Clams
  • 1/2 pound Mussels
  • 3/4 cup cream (optional)
  • 1-1/2 cup wine. (0ptional)
  • 1 Lobster Tail (meat loosened and removed from shell)
  • 1/2 pound Shrimp (peeled) or Pre-Cooked Shrimp
  • 1 pound Crab Legs
  • 1 tsp Salt & Pepper to taste.

BEGIN

In one large pan start to boil water.

Place clams and mussels in a colander, wash and scrub shells with cold water.

Second large pan: Healt 1/2 cup Olive oil on Medium heat with two garlic cloves for 3 minutes. Remove from heat.

Add onions,  1/2 lb. Raw Shrimp, Mussels and Clams (and tomatoes optional).  Return pan to medium heat. FYI: Immediately cover dish to avoid hot oil splatter. Pour cream and wine onto fish. Cook together for 3 minutes.

At this time remove pasta from box and add Pasta ( Barilla Spaghetti or Fettuccine) to salted (1 tbsp salt) boiling water allow to boil for 8 minutes.

Place loosened lobster meat from the lobster tail, Pre-cooked Shrimp, Crab and 2 minced garlic cloves and parsley to the cooking mussels and clams. Allow to warm together for 2 minutes.  Add 1 tsp Salt and Pepper to taste.  Cover remove turn off heat. Add 2 ladles of pasta water to simmering seafood.

Drain water from pasta and Add Pasta to seafood carefully turning both, incorporating seafood and pasta together for about 2-3 minutes.  Drizzle fresh oil on seafood and pasta garnish with chopped parsley.

Buon Appettito!

By Kimberly Crocker

Baked Chicken Entree

Baked Chicken with Vegetables

Assemble your dinner in 5 minutes and let the oven do the rest! Enhance and accent your meal through the use of freshly chopped herbs. Enjoy the Reduced Sodium Baked Chicken Entree` where the herb’s bring out the chef in your kitchen!

INGREDIENTS
2 1/2 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 diced onion
1-2 Red or Yellow Pepper, cut into strips
2-4 skinless chicken breasts boneless or with ribs
1/2 cup White Wine (or 2 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar and 1/3 cup water)
1/4 tsp.  Salt (or salt substitute)
1/4 tsp Cracked Pepper
1 Tablespoon chopped fresh Basil. (or 1 teaspoon dry Basil
3-4  medium size Potatoes, quartered
1/8 c. Parmesan Cheese
1 Tablepoon freshly chopped Parsley (1 teaspoon dry Parsley
Preheat oven to 350F.

DIRECTIONS
Rinse Chicken with cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Place chicken onto a clean plate and set aside. Immediately discard towels. Wash hands.

Cover chicken with potatoes

Add 1 Tbsp Olive Oil to baking dish.

Add onion & pepper slices to dish

Add White Wine (or Vinegar/Water)

Place chicken into baking dish. Drizzle 1/2 Tbsp of Olive Oil over chicken

Season chicken: 1/8 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp cracked pepper, choppedbasil.

Quarter potatoes, place over chicken.

Drizzle with 1 Tbsp olive oil.

Season with 1/8 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp cracked pepper, Parmesan Cheese and chopped Parsley.

Cover dish with aluminum. Bake approximately 35 minutes. Uncover and bake another 15 minutes. Serves 2-4.  

NUTRITION FACTS (per serving) – Calories 550 ~ fat 4.5 g ~ calories from fat 45 ~ sodium 350 mg ~ total carbohydrate 55 g