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Simple Sugar Snap Pea Pasta Salad The Humbled Homemaker

Simple Sugar Snap Pea Pasta Salad

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Ingredients

  • 8 oz. brown rice GF pasta (I usually use spirals or penne.)
  • 8 oz. sugar snap peas OR snow peas trimmed
  • 2 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp. butter OR coconut oil for DF
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. black pepper
  • 12 oz. shrimp or other meat of choice optional*
  • 1-2 Tbsp. olive oil butter or coconut oil to saute shrimp
  • crumbled goat cheese to taste (leave off for DF)
  • red pepper flakes to taste

Instructions

  • Boil the pasta in a large pot. Add peas 3 minutes before pasta is ready. Drain.
  • If using shrimp, saute in butter, olive oil or coconut oil in separate pan. Set aside.
  • Heat oil and butter over medium heat in large pot used to cook pasta/peas. Add garlic and lemon zest and saute about one minute. (Do not let garlic turn brown!)
  • Stir in lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add pasta and peas back to the pot and toss to combine.
  • Add cooked shrimp* and red pepper flakes and stir to combine.
  • Top with crumbled goat cheese.