Simply Delicious

I don't cook every single night....and I am not sure if I even cooked at all last week. I feel badly about that, but Tuesday night I got in late (11:00) and crashed. It took me the rest of the week to recover from the amazing, yet not very restful weekend I had at my Salt Lake City flyin. So, tonight, I made a yummy meal. I thought I would share the simplicity of it. I originally made this pasta dish with a beef tenderloin on Easter Sunday......but thanks to my sista's idea, I added some roasted shrimp to it......and voila! A beautiful, simple, and delicious meal!

I threw together some pene pasta, roasted shrimp (5 min in the oven), roasted asparagus, sun dried tomatoes, garlic, and olive oil.

How I did it?

Step 1: Trim asparagus and wash and dry. Put on cookie sheet, drizzle with olive oil....roast for 10 min at 400....my asparagus was fat...so 10 minutes let it cook, but still have a crunch.

Step 2: Crush up some garlic and add some olive oil to it...rub down the shrimp and put in the oven at 400 for 5 min.

Step 3: While boiling pasta, slice up the sun dried tomatoes...I used the kind in the jar.

Step 4: When everything is cooked, I throw it all together and toss....salt and pepper to taste, and then shave some fresh Parmesan cheese over it. I also served a crusty bread.

There you have it. A beautiful pasta served warm. The red and green make it so pretty, and it tasted great. The kids actually THANKED me for dinner without their dad having to tell them to. That recipe is a keeper.

Wine would have gone nice with this light dinner, but didn't have any on hand tonight. Hope you like it.