Goat Cheese Zucchini Shrimp

This dish tastes very rich without all the heavy ingredients.  

Ingredients:

Linguine cooked according to package

1 lb shrimp

4 garlic cloves, minced

1 jar spaghetti sauce

¼ C extra virgin olive oil, divided into 2 TBS each

12 leaves fresh basil, chiffoned

3 Ounces goat cheese, crumbled

3 green zucchini, cut into thin slices

Juice of two lemons

1 c mushrooms

S & P (salt and pepper)

Procedure:

1. Marinate shrimp: In a small bowl, combine shrimp, juice of lemon, 2 TBS olive oil, a pinch S & P, red pepper flakes, and basil. Cover and refrigerate for 45 minutes

2. Cook linguine

3. Cook zucchini, mushrooms and garlic  in two tbsp. Evoo.  When soft add shrimp and cook 3 minutes

4. Heat spaghetti sauce

5.  On plates, add linguine top with spaghetti sauce.  Then top with zucchini / shrimp mixture.  Add goat cheese to taste.

Side note:  I made my dish low carb without the linguine, the zucchini was a good substitute since it was sliced so thin.

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