Dog Days of Summer

These are the dog days of summer. By the end of the day we are just dog tired. It is to hot to do much of anything but lay around.

If you can't get to the beach, you may as well eat like you are there. This is a quick and light summer meal, when you don't want to heat up the kitchen.

Shrimp & Spinach Pasta

extra virgin olive oil

1 lemon

1 small onion diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1# shrimp

1/4 cup flat leaf parsley

3 cups fresh spinach

linguine pasta

Make a lemon oil with 1/2 cup olive oil and the zest of one lemon, set aside.

Cook pasta in boiling water with a tablespoon of olive oil. Dice onion, mince garlic, and chop parsley. Clean and stem spinach, chop if large leaves. Remove shrimp shells. In a skillet, add lemon oil, saute onions and garlic. Add shrimp and cook until pink and curled. Add the juice of 1 lemon, parsley, salt and pepper to taste, and reduce the heat. Just as the pasta is done add spinach to the shrimp, allow to cook only until wilted. Combine pasta and shrimp to serve. Top with lemon zest.

Y'all stay cool!

Sandi