Guacamole Shrimp Pasta

I've been drooling over some pins on Pinterest lately, wanting so much to try them out.  Like this one from Sweet Life, and this one from Oh She Glows!  Reading over the recipe, I've decided to give it a little twist...  and add shrimp.  I've been craving shrimp lately, and its hard to make shrimp for dinner, because Muffin, the younger daughter, hates it.  So the shrimp will be added as a topping to the pasta for those who want, and omitted for those who don't.  The recipe is vegan without the shrimp.

Muffin is at robotics club after school and won't be home for another 45 minutes, so I have plenty of time to get this dish done!

Ingredients:

1 454g package shrimp (any size... I used the precooked ones because they are quick and easy, perfect for this recipe!)

1 tbsp Earth Balance (my fake butter that I love!)

2 cloves of garlic

2 tbsp lime juice

cracked black pepper

Guacamole:

2 ripe avocados, mashed

zest of 1 lime

juice of 1 lime

1 tsp salt 

1 tsp chili powder

2/3 cup diced tomato

1/4 cup chopped green onion

1 Tbsp chopped cilantro (or more...  if you're the cilantro loving type)you can also omit if there are cilantro haters among you....  you know who you are!

1 454g pack of fresh pasta- linguine or fettucini.

Heat skillet and add non-dairy butter.  Saute shrimp with garlic.  Add lime juice and pepper, continue cooking until most of the liquid is absorbed and a thick sauce remains on the shrimp.  Remove from heat and set aside.

Bring large pot of water to a boil.  Prior to adding pasta, make the guacamole.  This last step only takes a few minutes, so you can pretty much gather everyone at the table for dinner.  If they aren't ready to eat, then delay this step until they are ready.  The pasta cools really quickly because the sauce ingredients aren't warmed up, and they don't reheat well.  (Muffin was a few minutes later than expected from Robotics.  Her pasta was a bit cold.)

Mash the avocado, add the salt, lime, chili powder.  Stir to make a creamy guacamole, adding more lime juice if necessary.  Add pasta to pot of water and cook until al dente (about 3 minutes for fresh pasta!).  Drain, add avocado mixture, tomatoes, onions and cilantro to taste.  Serve immediately, top with shrimp and enjoy!

Looks awesome!

Muffin was very pleased that there was a shrimp free plate for her.  This was VERY filling.  I couldn't eat it all. I only ate about half....  

In other news, I've been off work for the week and can't drive anywhere, so I've been working on my latest quilting project:  Vanilla Frosted Triple Layer Cake quilt.  Now I know you'll be reading to see what that's all about!!