Brain Food: Shrimp Pasta with Lemon

Argh. Obnoxious people outside your apartment at 2AM… welcome to college I guess. It was all fun and games when I was a freshman but now that I’m old… haha.

School has resumed and as usual, my brain is in sluggish mode because of the break. I have to force myself back into a healthy sleeping routine and turn my “academic” brain back on. 🙂

So I made a quick and easy lunch to make life a little easier for me~

I’m sure we all have our fast meals that we fall back on. Pasta is one of those things for me. Unfortunately my husband hates pasta so I don’t actually eat it that often. But when I get to eat alone… 😀 I’ve been on a seafood kick these days, so I made a shrimp pasta with lemon. Quite delicious!

Do you have a go-to meal?

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Tuna Pasta Toss

Lately, I have been trying to focus on cheap and healthy ingredients to make my meals. Summer is coming, so it is time to cut back on expenses. Thankfully I have already found a job for the summer, but I still want to stick to my resolution of eating healthier foods with less processed ingredients!

Does it look delicious? I love tuna, and it is super cheap! I never had it on pasta, but it turned out wonderfully. After I took this picture, I decided to add a little bit of cheese, since I’m obsessed and I can’t seem to have a meal without cheese in some way. Sigh… oh well.

Tuna Pasta Toss adapted from Ya Salam Cooking

Ingredients:

4 ounces Penne pasta
2 garlic cloves, diced
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 can tuna in oil
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/3 cup chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 scallion, chopped
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
1. Cook pasta per package directions, drain. In a 9-inch skillet on medium heat add olive oil and garlic. Add tuna with oil, saute for 1 minute.

2. Add basil, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Add chicken broth, mix well. Carefully add pasta into pan, combine. Reduce heat to low-medium. Cook until thoroughly heated about 5 minutes.

Yields: 6 servings

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