07.05.12
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Howdy, y’all! How goes it? I hope everyone had a fabulous 4th of July! We had a great one here in Charleston. [For some pics of my week, check out my instagram feed!] Today’s plan is to go out on the boat all day but i couldn’t possibly do that without sharing this healthy shrimp pasta recipe.
Because that would just be plain mean, don’t you think? This is one of those dishes I sort of just threw together. Grabbed some cheeses, some milk, some shrimp and pasta and just let the mad scientist in me LOOSE. And guys? The results of said scientific experiement? One of the best dishes I’ve ever made.
Ever. I know. Bold, bold statement. But each bite has such a complexity and depth of flavor, it’s as if I spent hours simmering the creamy, cheesy sauce and picked the shrimp right outta the ocean. I can’t explain or give you reasons why it turned out so magical, I can just say it did and show you sexy photos of it.
This succulent pasta is rich without being heavy, creamy without being fattening and filling without being “too much.” It’s the perfect way to use up your favorite shrimp and the last of your crisp white wine.
Or, in my case, buy a new bottle since I never have just a little bit of wine left. That’s madness.
Healthy Shrimp Pasta Recipe
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Serves about 6.
Prep time: 5 – 8 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 12 ounces shrimp, tails removed
- 8 ounces of pasta (I used linguine)
- 3 cups fresh spinach
- 5 ounces light cream cheese
- 1/4 cup crisp wine (I used Masi Masianco Pinot Grigio & Verduzzo)
- 3/4 cup shrimp or vegetable broth
- 1/4 cup light cream
- 1/3 cup parmesan
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1/2 yellow pepper, chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- Liberal dashes salt and pepper
- Lemon zest
Directions:
- Prepare pasta according to box. Rinse and set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a medium size 3 quart pan over medium high heat. Add onions and cook until soft, about 2 minutes. Add garlic and peppers and cook until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and add in wine, broth, cream, cream cheese and salt and pepper. Cook until mixture begins to thicken a bit, about 6 minutes. Stir in parmesan, lemon zest and additional salt and pepper to taste. Let simmer another 4 or 5 minutes to thicken up. Remove from heat.
- In a small pan, heat remaining 1 tablespoon of butter. Cook shrimp for about 2 – 4 minutes or until done. Remove from pan and add to cream sauce. Add spinach to the small pan and heat just until wilted, about 3 minutes. Toss spinach and shrimp with cream sauce.
- Pour over pasta and enjoy!
Nutritional information per serving:
Calories: 360
Fat: 12.3 grams
Carbohydrates: 33 grams
Fiber: 4 grams
Protein: 21 grams
Weight Watchers Points: 8
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PIN IT!
Claire
Categories:Pasta, Recipes
Tags:cream cheese sauce recipes, Eat Skinny Be Skinny, homemade cream sauce recipes, low fat creamy pasta sauce recipe, pasta recipes, shrimp pasta recipes, shrimp recipes
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Posted by Shari Mereness on
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Oh my that sure looks good. I love Shrimp and Pasta and just think I found tonight's dinner. Thanks for sharing!!!
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Posted by Jessica Trimble on
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
I have shrimp I need to use! I'll have to try this :D
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Posted by Cassie @ Bake Your Day on
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
This sounds so summery! I love the addition of white wine!
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Posted by Baker Street on
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
White wine was an excellent addition! This would surely make for an incredible meal! :)
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Posted by Kat on
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Saw this today, made it for dinner, and totally cleaned my plate. Worth every bite! My roomate and I LOVED it.
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Posted by cgallam10 on
Friday, July 6th, 2012
OMG yay!!! I'm so glad you love it!!
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Posted by Javelin Warrior on
Friday, July 6th, 2012
More deliciousness for me to drool over! I'm featuring this in today's Food Fetish Friday (with a link-back and attribution). I hope you have no objections and it's always fun to be following along with your creations…
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Posted by DB-The Foodie Stuntman on
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
I just finished a shrimp scampi with fettucine dish but this looks good too. Congratulations on making the foodbuzz Top 9!
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Posted by jean0405 on
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
Congratulations on making the foodbuzz Today’s
Top 9!Reply
Posted by yas on
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
just finished making it....i barely followed the instructions and it tastes amazing.
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Posted by Aggie on
Monday, July 9th, 2012
That is one beautiful plate of pasta!!
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Posted by Emfussell on
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
Sounds delish! What is light cream?
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Posted by Realistic Nutritionist on
Sunday, July 15th, 2012
It's just a lower fat and calorie cream! You can usually buy right next to the heavy whipping cream.
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Posted by Cozy Cuisine on
Saturday, July 14th, 2012
Made this tonight for dinner. My daughter came over unexpectantly and she soooo appreciated a great homecooked meal from Mom. I added slice portabello mushroom to the onion, garlic & pepper mix....squeezed some fresh lime juice and salt over the shrimp before sauteing them. Also added some lemon basil at the end . Will make again....May try chicken one of the times. Yummy!
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Posted by Kat on
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
Amazing dish! I will definately make this again!
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Posted by Bernadette on
Monday, December 3rd, 2012
This sounds like an awesome recipe... Just one thing, why do you rinse your pasta? I've always been of the belief that that's a huge no no in the cooking world, washes away all the nutrients or something like that? Anyways, thank you very much for posting your recipe :) God bless you
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Posted by Dawn on
Tuesday, April 10th, 2018
You rinse the pasta with cold water because if you let it sit in the strainer without rinsing, the pasta continues to cook and will get sticky. Pasta has no nutrients.
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Posted by Heidi on
Sunday, September 19th, 2021
Yawn. Interrupting with off topic boredom.
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Posted by Kevandree on
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
This was FANTASTIC! Wow, definitely checking out your other recipes after this one. Nice work and thanks for sharing!
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Posted by realistic nutritionist on
Friday, February 15th, 2013
so happy to hear that!
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Posted by ChelsNaples on
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
I made this for my boyfriend and I about a month ago. It was sooo good! My bf doesn't like spinach, but he didn't even know it was in this dish.He ate it all. I will be making this again.Very easy too.
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Posted by realistic nutritionist on
Friday, February 15th, 2013
oh yay!
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Posted by AllyHodges on
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Just made this about an hour ago. It was very very good!! I did make a few modifications for what I had, I used heavy cream instead of light cream and I used a seafood blend instead of just shrimp. Thank you for this recipe and thanks for all the nutritional facts that go with it! :)
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Posted by realistic nutritionist on
Friday, February 15th, 2013
Oh that sounds delicious!
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Posted by Tatiana Mykyta on
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
It was absolutely delicious!
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Posted by realistic nutritionist on
Friday, February 15th, 2013
yay!!
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Posted by audrey on
Monday, April 29th, 2013
i just made this - yumm!
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Posted by Ashley on
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
cream sauce
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Posted by Becky Smith on
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
This was delicious and we tried to cut calories even more by serving it over Spagetti Squash mixed w about a teaspoon of butter, a T of Parmesan cheese and salt & pepper. YUM! Thanks for this amazing recipe!!
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Posted by kylie on
Saturday, June 8th, 2013
even my boyfriend's picky brother cleaned his plate! Super yummy and easy to make!
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Posted by Randa on
Saturday, September 14th, 2013
Can I make this recipe without the wine? Also what is lemon zest, is it just grating the lemon? What can I use if I cant find light cream? Can I use half &half or heavy whipping cream?
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Posted by Lou on
Monday, November 11th, 2013
Good good
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Posted by Karen on
Monday, December 30th, 2013
this was absolutely delicious! made it as described with the exception that i used cremini mushrooms instead of the peppers. This will be my fancy white wine cream sauce for company !! thank you!
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Posted by Kay V on
Sunday, February 2nd, 2014
This was DELICIOUS! I changed it up somewhat because I was cooking for 1. Instead of spinach, which I did not have, I used frozen kale. I cooked it in the water for a few minutes, then added the pasta and cooked it together. I thought the cream cheese really made it delicious!
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Posted by Chat on
Thursday, February 20th, 2014
The best!!! Had to try something different and I nailed it.
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Posted by Maya on
Monday, April 7th, 2014
Tried this recipe and it was de-li-cious. Didn't feel as guilty eating and knowing that I had used "light" ingredients. Thanks!
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Posted by Tamara on
Wednesday, April 30th, 2014
Did you use a white, yellow or purple onion? It sounds delicious! Thank you!
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Posted by Wrynn on
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
I made this for my husband and his mom. Everyone absolutely loved it. I found following your recipe so easy. Thank you. It was delicious. I will make it again.
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Posted by Comaneci on
Thursday, October 30th, 2014
Wow! I made this tonight for dinner and it was delicious!!!!!! I didn't alter the recipe at all. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Ariana on
Sunday, December 7th, 2014
This was absolutely delicious!!! My family loved it and it is something I will definitely do again.
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Posted by shameka on
Thursday, December 25th, 2014
This was awsome making it at least monthly lol
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Posted by Melanie on
Sunday, February 22nd, 2015
Oh gosh, this was so good!!!! Thank you for sharing! I made it with summer squash "zoodles" instead of the spaghetti and it was divine!!
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Posted by SofiaGrace on
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
DELICIOUS!! I used spiralized zucchini instead of pasta. Since I didn't have cream cheese, I used a bit of sour cream. Also substituted red peppers since I didn't have yellow ones. The red with the green spinach was beautiful. Quick, flexible and so so good!!
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Posted by Janet on
Monday, March 23rd, 2015
I made this a couple of nights ago and it was a BIG hit! Lots of yummy noises all around the table. I doubled the amounts for my family of 5 (3 teen-age children); good thing, cuz there wasn't much leftover!
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Posted by Karen Lord on
Saturday, May 2nd, 2015
Ii just got some fresh key west pink shrimp and wanted to showcase them in a great easy recipe. This was the bomb!
I made a few changes such as adding red pepper along with the yellow, and used clam juice instead of wine since I don't drink alcohol. It was outstanding! My husband raved about it. Will definitely make this again, and would definitely make this for company! Thanks for posting!Reply
Posted by Maggie Aris-Williams on
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. This is tonight's dinner and I just did my taste test and it is DEEEELICIOUS!! My husband is going to be a happier man when he gets home from work.
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Posted by Karen Lord on
Monday, May 18th, 2015
This delish! My husband requested that I make this again for him. Has become one of our favorite shrimp dishes!
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Posted by Kerstyn on
Monday, June 1st, 2015
I made this last night and it was fantastic! I added in some sauteed mushrooms, broccoli, and yellow squash.
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Posted by Susie on
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
How big is a serving? This looks awesome!
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Posted by Mary Anne on
Saturday, September 19th, 2015
Please don't rinse the pasta. If you make the sauce and sauté the shrimp and spinach while the pasta is cooking, you can just use tongs or a spider to lift the red hot pasta into the hot sauce. Stir to combine.. Thanks for a beautiful dish for the Florida pinks that are available here in the keys.
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Posted by Judee Hollander on
Friday, February 19th, 2016
This is simply SENSATIONAL. It was simple to make and simply divine to savour. Genius!!!
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Thursday, September 1st, 2016
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Posted by Sandy Dirgo on
Sunday, February 5th, 2017
I am not much of a cook and usually make any sauces I need from a dry packet. This sauce is worth the time to make it. AWESOME
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Posted by Veronica on
Friday, February 17th, 2017
Hi I was wondering if there was any other type of wine I can use for this recipes? I'm not familiar with wine collections.
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Posted by cgallam10 on
Thursday, August 17th, 2017
You can use any kind of white.
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Posted by Mara on
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
seafood Dish
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Posted by Mara on
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
Shrimp Dish
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Posted by Shelly on
Saturday, March 4th, 2017
Made this last night and it was wonderful!
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Posted by Asma on
Wednesday, May 24th, 2017
HI,This looks so amazing but I have never made it as i don't want to use the wine....and I can't figure out what to substitute it with?
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Posted by cgallam10 on
Thursday, August 17th, 2017
You can use cooking wine, if you'd like. Or just omit with a broth. It's really only added for flavor, but you can use another kind of liquid.
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Posted by Erin on
Friday, November 16th, 2018
Made this today, delicious! Added old bay and chicken to the original recipe, so so good!
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Posted by Marilyn Lee on
Sunday, January 13th, 2019
This is a wonderful and easy pasta dish. I used scallops this time and will make it again and again and again!!! Thank you so much! Fellow Pinner - I Can't Stop Cooking
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Posted by SHANNON STANFIELD on
Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
LOOKS AWESOME.. PRINTING TO TRY..
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Posted by MELISSA CRAIG on
Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
Second time making this dish tonight and I couldn't be more pleased. Everything goes so well together! I do substitute the pasta for cauliflower rice and add in after I add the shrimp to the sauce. It soaks up all the flavors and it super low in calories! This is one of my favorite recipes now!
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Posted by Patricia on
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
The reason you do not rinse your pasta is because, the sauce will not adhere to the pasta. Start your water first make your meal and during that time drop your pasta in the water. All will end at the same time... no problem with the pasta not being done at the same time.
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