Shrimp Orzo Pasta
By Carley Wegner
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Growing up I spent a lot of summers at my family’s beach house in Virginia. Looking out at Colonial beach there was one thing we always had plenty of…. blue crabs and Old Bay Seasoning. While my next recipe doesn’t include crabs, it does have my favorite ingredient, Old Bay. The recipe below is a Rachel Ray recipe and was introduced to our family through my brother-in-law Craig. He’ll be the first to admit he has a crush on Mrs. Ray, but we’re all ok with that because he’s one of the best chefs in our family and if Rachel Ray and Craig say it’s good then we can trust it =0)
Shrimp Orzo Pasta
1 lemon
1 bag of fresh spinach
1 pkg of cherry tomatoes
1 box of orzo pasta
½ cup olive oil
Shrimp (as many as you would like.. I normally use about a pound.)
1 Tablespoon Old Bay
First:
Mix olive oil, lemon zest and old bay together in bag with shrimp and let marinate in fridge.
Then:
Cut stems off of spinach and cut leaves into smaller pieces. Cut tomatoes in half. Cook orzo pasta and drain. Put tomatoes and spinach in pasta and add lemon juice. The heat form the pasta will help cook and wilt the spinach. Then cook the shrimp in a pan about 2-3 minutes on each side and add to pasta. I like to add extra old bay… you can never have too much.
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