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ANGEL HAIR PASTA WITH SHRIMP AND BASIL

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and add 1 tablespoon oil. Cook pasta in boiling water until al dente. Place pasta in a colander, and give it a quick rinse with cold water.
• Heat remaining olive oil in a 10 inch skillet over medium heat. Cook garlic, stirring constantly, until the garlic is tender, about 1 minute. Do not let the garlic burn. Add shrimp, and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove shrimp from the skillet, and set aside.
• Stir tomatoes, wine, parsley, and basil into the skillet. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until liquid is reduced by half, 8 to 12 minutes. Add shrimp, and continue cooking until the shrimp are heated through, about 2 to 3 minutes. Serve the shrimp mixture over the pasta. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

ANGEL HAIR PASTA WITH SIMPLE GARLIC & BASIL

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to boil over high heat.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil up a large saute pan over medium heat. Once warm add the garlic and cook until it just begins to brown -- too long or too high and the garlic will burn.
• Remove the pan from the heat and deglaze by pouring in the wine. Return the pan to the heat and cook for a few minutes. The wine should reduce by about half. Add in lemon juice, chopped tomato, and sea salt to taste. Stir once or twice then remove the pan from the heat again and set it aside to wait for the pasta.
• Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook until desired tenderness, following package directions. Drain, then add the cooked pasta to the pan with the garlic & tomato mixture, along with the basil and some freshly ground pepper. Toss well, (if your pan isn't big enough, just do the tossing in a large serving bowl).
• *Tip: 4 ounces of uncooked pasta (spaghetti, angel hair, vermicelli, fettuccine or linguine) = a 1-inch diameter bunch of dry pasta = 2 cups cooked pasta. Generally they say 2 ounces of pasta is one serving, but for larger appetites this might not be enough.

ANGEL HAIR WITH TOMATOES, BASIL & GARLIC

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook garlic until tender.
• Add tomatoes, salt, basil, and black pepper.
• Cook three minutes.
• Add cooked spaghetti; toss well.
• Add chicken broth and stir.
• Toss with Parmesan cheese.

FRESH TOMATO, BASIL, AND GARLIC SAUCE OVER ANGEL HAIR PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and prepare an ice water bath. Cut a small "x" on the bottom of each tomato. In batches, place the tomatoes in the boiling water and blanch them for about 30 seconds to 1 minute, or until the skins are easy to peel away. Remove and immediately plunge into the ice bath. Peel the tomatoes and halve horizontally. Squeeze out the seeds, using your fingers to get them all. Roughly chop the peeled and seeded tomatoes. Set aside. (You can also use whole peeled canned tomatoes. Simply drain them, seed, and roughly chop).
• Heat a large saute pan over medium high heat. Add the olive oil and heat. When the oil is hot, add the onions and garlic and saute for 2 minutes. Add the thyme leaves, oregano sprig, and chili flakes and saute until the garlic begins to turn golden brown. Add the tomatoes and the sugar and stir well. Lower the heat and cook slowly until the mixture is fairly dry, about 15 minutes.
• Cook the angel hair pasta in boiling, salted water until al dente. Drain the pasta and add it to the sauce. Add the Parmesan and basil and toss well. Place in a large pasta bowl and garnish with Parmesan and basil sprigs.

ANGEL HAIR WITH TOMATOES, BASIL AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Cook pasta as directed on package.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for one minute.
• Add tomatoes, basil, salt and pepper. Cook for three minutes.
• Add hot pasta to skillet and toss well.
• Add chicken broth to skillet and stir.
• Toss with Parmesan cheese and serve immediately.

ANGEL HAIR PASTA WITH BASIL, AVOCADO AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cook and drain pasta according to directions on package.
• While pasta is cooking, heat oil in 3 quart saucepan over medium heat.
• Cook garlic in oil about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until garlic is tender but not brown; remove from heat.
• Stir basil, avocado and tomatoes into garlic in saucepan.
• Toss vegetable mixture and pastas. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Serve immediately.

GARLIC ANGEL HAIR SHRIMP

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook angel hair in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup of the water.
• Melt 1 tablespoon in a large skillet over high heat. Saute shrimp in hot butter until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Remove shrimp with a slotted spoon to a bowl, retaining liquid in the skillet.
• Reduce heat to medium-high. Cook onion and garlic in the retained liquid in the skillet until the onions are translucent 5 to 7 minutes. Stir tomatoes into the onion mixture; cook and stir until the tomatoes soften, about 5 minutes.
• Stir asparagus into the tomato mixture and add the reserved water from cooking the pasta; bring liquid to a simmer and cook until the asparagus is tender, about 5 minutes. Add the shrimp and angel hair pasta; stir. Cook until the shrimp is completely opaque in the middle, 2 to 3 minutes more. Season with salt and garnish with Parmesan cheese and lemon wedges.

ANGEL HAIR PASTA PATTIES

Steps:

• Cook and drain pasta.
• Heat 1 teaspoon oil in skillet over medium heat. Cook carrots, basil, salt and spinach in oil about 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove vegetable mixture from skillet.
• Mix together cooked pasta, eggs, ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese and pepper. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Drop pasta mixture by 1/2 cup mounds into the hot oil. Cook patties in oil 6 to 8 minutes, turning after 4 minutes, until golden brown.
• Top patties with spaghetti sauce and veggies.