Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Shrimp Pesto Pasta
One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 155 for noodle texture among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 89 cooks on www.dinneratthezoo.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 155.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 5% | 0% |
| protein add | 169% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 85% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 284 g | 10 ounces dry spaghetti (can also use linguine or fettuccine) |
| 75 g | 3/4 cup basil pesto |
| 454 g | 1 pound medium to large shrimp (peeled and deveined) |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon olive oil |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning ((or equal parts garlic powder dried basil and dried oregano)) |
| salt and pepper to taste | |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup parmesan cheese |
| 242 g | 1 cup cherry tomatoes (halved) |
| Optional garnish: chopped parsley |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.dinneratthezoo.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I follow quite a bit pf your recipes. They are all delicious and easy, but mostly they are great dishes that work well with my GERD. I appreciate your style, and even though I can’t eat some of the spices in your dishes…like this one, i can’t have tomatoes and” — a cook, 5★
“Made this tonight for dinner. Delicious!. I sauteed some sweet onion and red pepper before cooking the shrimp. My pasta for this dish was strozzapreti, a long tubular pasta I discovered during a trip to Italy a year ago. I used the Kirkland basil pesto sauce. ” — a cook, 5★